40 of the 76 seats in the Australian Senate 39 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Nick Minchin
Chris Evans
Bob Brown
Party
Liberal/National Coalition
Labor
Greens
Leader since
27 January 2006
22 October 2004
28 November 2005
Leader's seat
South Australia
Western Australia
Tasmania
Seats before
39
28
4
Seats won
18
18
3
Seats after
37
32
5
Seat change
2
4
1
Popular vote
5,055,095
5,101,200
1,144,751
Percentage
39.94%
40.30%
9.04%
Swing
5.15%
5.28%
1.38%
Senators elected in the 2007 federal election
Leader of the Senate before election
Nick Minchin
Liberal/National coalition
Elected Leader of the Senate
Chris Evans
Labor
2007 Australian federal election
Candidates
National results
House of Representatives
Senate
Post-election pendulum
State and territory results
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
Western Australia
South Australia
Tasmania
Australian Capital Territory
Northern Territory
Elected House of Representative members
Elected Senators
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The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 2007 federal election, 37 Coalition (32 Liberal, four National, one CLP), 32 Labor, five Green, one Family First, and one independent, Nick Xenophon.[1] Senators are elected for six-year terms, and took their seats from 1 July 2008, but senators representing the territories have three-year terms and take their seats immediately.
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