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