[Australia]: 2008 Australian federal election (Senate)

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24 May 2008​

All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 40 of the 76 seats in the Senate 76 House of Representatives seats needed for a majority​

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Leader:	Julia Gillard	Malcolm Turnbull	Bob Brown
Party:	Australian Labor Party	Coalition: Liberal Party of Australia National Party of Australia Country Liberal Party	Australian Greens
Policies:	Social Democracy Democratic Socialism Social Liberalism	Liberal Party of Australia: Conservatism Liberalism Liberal Conservatism National Party of Australia: Conservatism Agrarianism Country Liberal Party: Liberal Conservatism Economic Liberalism	Green Politics Progressivism
Leader since:	2 December 2001	20 May 2005	25 November 1992
Leader's seat:	Lalor	Warringah	Senator for Tasmania
Last election (Senate seats):	32 seats	29 seats	3 seats
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Last Election National Results​

Party:	Vote Total:	Vote Percentage:	Seats Total (Won + Held):
Australian Labor Party	4,351,128	36.4%	32
Liberal Party of Australia	3,621,956	30.3%	24
National Party of Australia	286,888	2.4%	4
Country Liberal Party	23,907	0.2%	1
Coalition Total:	3,932,751	32.9%	29
Australian Democrats	1,386,623	11.6%	8
Australian Greens	1,075,828	9.0%	3
Family First Party	210,567	1.8%	0
One Nation Party	206,455	1.7%	4
Others and Independents	790,297	6.6%	0
TOTAL:	11,953,649	100%	76

Last Election State and Terrritory Results​

Party:	New South Wales:	Victoria:	Queensland:	Western Australia:	South Australia:	Tasmania:	Australian Capital Territory:	Northern Territory:
Australian Labor Party	37.8%	37.5%	37.5%	33.9%	36.9%	34.9%	42.5%	42.8%
Coalition: Liberal Party of Australia National Party of Australia Country Liberal Party	31.9%	31.9%	32.7%	38.0%	35.7%	33.9%	25.7%	33.2%
Australian Democrats	11.7%	11.4%	11.7%	11.5%	11.9%	10.3%	11.6%	14.2%
Australian Greens	8.6%	10.1%	6.7%	9.3%	7.9%	14.6%	17.7%	8.9%
Family First Party/Christian Democrats (NSW, WA & ACT)	2.6%	1.9%	3.4%	1.9%	4.0%	2.4%	1.6%	N/A
One Nation Party	1.9%	0.7%	3.1%	2.4%	1.1%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Others and Independents	5.5%	6.5%	4.9%	3.0%	2.5%	3.9%	0.9%	0.9%

Senators​

Elected:	New South Wales:	Victoria:	Queensland:	Western Australia:	South Australia:	Tasmania:	Australian Capital Territory:	Northern Territory:
Elected 2002 (up for election)	Ursula Stephens Mark Arbib Helen Coonan Marise Payne* Don McKinnon Vicki Bourne	Robert Ray Gavin Marshall Ted Murphy Richard Alston Rod Kemp Lyn Allison	John Hogg Claire Moore Ian Macdonald John Herron Ron Boswell Trevor Hansen	Mark Bishop Ruth Webber Alan Eggleston David Johnston Ross Lightfoot Graeme Campbell	Annette Hurley Don Farrell Robert Hill Jeannie Ferris Neil Russell-Taylor Natasha Stott Despoja	Sue Mackay Nick Sherry Catryna Bilyk Paul Calvert John Watson Bob Brown	N/A	N/A
Elected 2005 (not up for election, except for the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory)	John Faulkner Jenny McAllister Belinda Neal Concetta Fierravanti-Wells Fiona Nash Aden Ridgeway	Stephen Conroy Kim Carr Jacinta Collins Judith Troeth Julian McGauran Greg Chipp	Jan McLucas Joe Ludwig Shannon Fentiman George Brandis Barnaby Joyce John Cherry	Chris Evans Glenn Sterle Chris Ellison Ian Campbell Judith Adams Brian Greig	Penny Wong Anne McEwen Dana Wortley Nick Minchin Amanda Vanstone Meg Lees	Kerry O'Brien Helen Polley Eric Abetz Guy Barnett Stephen Parry Christine Milne	Kate Lundy Kerrie Tucker	Nova Peris Nigel Scullion

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