Australian federal election, 2004

Australian federal election, 2004

2001 ← 9 October 2004 (2004-10-09) → 2007

All 150 seats in the Australian House of Representatives 76 seats were needed for a majority in the House 40 (of the 76) seats in the Australian Senate Registered 12,354,983 Turnout 94.3%   First party Second party   Leader John Howard Mark Latham Party Liberal/National coalition Labor Leader since 30 January 1995 (1995-01-30) 2 December 2003 (2003-12-02) Leader's seat Bennelong Werriwa Last election 82 seats 65 seats Seats won 87 seats 60 seats Seat change 5 5 Popular vote 6,179,130 5,536,002 Percentage 52.74% 47.26% Swing 1.79 1.79

Prime Minister before election John Howard Liberal/National coalition Subsequent Prime Minister John Howard Liberal/National coalition

John Howard
Liberal/National coalition

John Howard
Liberal/National coalition

Federal elections were held in Australia on 9 October 2004. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia John Howard and coalition partner the National Party of Australia led by John Anderson defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Mark Latham.

Independents: Peter Andren, Tony Windsor, Bob Katter

In the House of Representatives, the Coalition won eight seats from Labor: Bass (Tas), Bonner (Qld), Braddon (Tas), Greenway (NSW), Hasluck (WA), Kingston (SA), Stirling (WA) and Wakefield (SA). Labor won four seats from the Coalition: Adelaide (SA), Hindmarsh (SA), Parramatta (NSW) and Richmond (NSW). The Coalition thus had a net gain of four seats. The redistribution had also delivered them McMillan (Vic), formerly held by Christian Zahra of Labor and won by Liberal Russell Broadbent; and Bowman (Qld), formerly held by Labor's Con Sciacca and won by Liberal Andrew Laming. Labor, meanwhile, received the new seat of Bonner (Qld) and the redistributed Wakefield (SA), both of which were lost to the Liberal Party. The Labor Party regained the seat of Cunningham, which had been lost to the Greens in a by-election in 2002.

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