General election in Australia 2007

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(in %)
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
43.4
36.3
7.8
5.5
2.2
2.0
2.8
Independent
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 2004
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
+5.8
-4.2
+0.6
-0.4
-0.2
± 0.0
-1.6
Independent
Otherwise.
Two-party preferred vote
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
52.7
47.3
Coalition
Gains / losses
compared to
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
+5.4
-5.4
Coalition
Allocation of seats to the House of Representatives
83
2
55
10
83 2 55 10 
A total of 150 seats
Distribution of seats in the Senate after the 2007 election
       
A total of 76 seats

The 2007 general election in Australia took place on November 24, 2007 after a six-week election campaign by the parties. It was the election for the 42nd Australian Parliament . From the two chambers of parliament , the House of Representatives (lower house) was fully elected and the Senate (upper house) partially re-elected. About 13.6 million Australian voters were called to vote.

The election was won in a landslide victory by the opposition led by Kevin Rudd as chairman of the Australian Social Democratic Labor Party . The previous government under John Howard had previously ruled Australia since the 1996 general election . Prime Minister John Howard lost his own Bennelong constituency , which he had held since 1974, to Labor MP Maxine McKew .

Election results

House of Representatives

Result of the election for the House of Representatives 2007 ( IRV )
Political party be right Seats
number % +/- number +/-
Australian Labor Party (ALP) 5,388,184 43.38 +5.74 83 +23
Liberal Party of Australia (LPA) 4,506,302 36.28 −4.19 55 −19
Australian Greens 967.789 7.79 +0.60 - -
National Party of Australia (NPA) 682.424 5.49 −0.40 10 −2
Independent 275.136 2.22 −0.22 2 −1
Family First Party (FFP) 246,798 1.99 −0.01 - -
Christian Democratic Party (CDP) 104,705 0.84 +0.22 - -
Australian Democrats (AD) 89,813 0.72 −0.52 - -
Country Liberal Party (CLP) 40,298 0.32 −0.02 - −1
One Nation 32,650 0.26 −0.93 - -
Citizens Electoral Council (CEC) 27,880 0.22 −0.14 - -
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) 17,048 0.14 +0.14 - -
Others 40,965 0.35 - - -
total 12,419,992 100.00 150
Eligible voters 13,646,539
Voter participation (compulsory elective) 94.76%
votes cast 12,930,814
invalid votes 510.822
Source: Australian Electoral Commission

senate

40 of the 76 seats were newly elected.

Result of the election to the Senate 2007 ( STV )
Political party be right Seats
number % +/- Won total +/-
Australian Labor Party (ALP) 5.101.200 40.30 +5.28 18th 32 +4
Liberal / National (common candidates
in several states) 		3,883,479 30.68 +4.96
Liberal Party of Australia (LPA) 1,110,366 8.77 −8.88 15th 32 −2
National Party of Australia (NPA) 20,997 0.17 −1.20 2 4th -
Australian Greens 1,144,751 9.04 +1.38 3 5 +1
Family First Party (FFP) 204,788 1.62 −0.14 - 1 -
Australian Democrats (AD) 162.975 1.29 −0.80 - - −4
Country Liberal Party (CLP) 40,253 0.32 −0.03 1 1 -
Independent 174,458 1.38 - 1 1 -
Others 813,538 6.43 - - - -
total 12,656,805 100.00 40 76
Eligible voters 13,646,539
Voter participation (compulsory elective) 95.17%
votes cast 12,987,814
invalid votes 331.009
Source: Australian Electoral Commission

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c official result of the parliamentary elections in Australia 2007 - Australian Electoral Commission (English)
  2. ^ Australian Electoral Commission: Over 13.6 Million Australians Enrolled to Vote at the 2007 Federal Election
  3. ↑ ABC: Australia Votes 2007
  4. ↑ ABC: Bennelong

Web links

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