# 2004 Australian Senate election

The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian Senate at the 2004 federal election. Senators total 37 coalition (33 Liberal, 3 coalition National, 1 CLP), 28 Labor, 4 Green, 1 Family First, 2 non-coalition National and 4 Democrats. Senator terms are six years (three for territories), and took their seats from 1 July 2005, except the territories who took their seats immediately. This is the most recent time a Government has had a majority in the senate.

## Preference deals

The Greens directed preferences to the Democrats and Labor ahead of the Coalition, Family First and the Christian Democrats. In exchange, the Democrats preferenced the Greens ahead of both major parties and Labor preferenced the Greens and Democrats first in every state and territory except for Tasmania, where Labor preferenced Family First ahead of the Greens and Democrats, and Victoria, where Labor preferenced Family First, Democratic Labor and the Christian Democrats ahead of the Greens and the Democrats.
The Family First Party preferenced the Democrats and the Christian Democrats ahead of both major parties. In exchange, the Democrats preferenced Family First ahead of both the Greens and both major parties, while the Christian Democrats also preferenced Family First highly. The Family First Party and the Coalition also preferenced each other ahead of Labor and the Greens.
One Nation was preferenced last by Labor, the Democrats, the Coalition and the Greens in every state, while the Greens was preferenced last by Family First, One Nation and the Christian Democrats in every state.
A full listing of preferences can be found here.

## Australia

Senate (STV GV) — Turnout 94.82% (CV) — Informal 3.75% :
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | ± | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Party | Party | Party | Votes | % | ± | Seats won | Not up | New total | Seat change |
| | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition | Liberal/National Coalition |
| | | Liberal/National joint ticket | 3,074,952 | 25.72 | +1.85 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1 |
| | | Liberal | 2,109,948 | 17.65 | +1.96 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 2 |
| | | National | 163,261 | 1.37 | −0.55 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| | | Country Liberal (NT) | 41,923 | 0.35 | +0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| | Coalition total | Coalition total | 5,390,084 | 45.09 | +3.26 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 4 |
| | Labor | Labor | 4,186,715 | 35.02 | +0.70 | 16 | 12 | 28 | |
| | Greens | Greens | 916,431 | 7.67 | +2.73 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| | Democrats | Democrats | 250,373 | 2.09 | -5.16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| | Family First | Family First | 210,567 | 1.76 | +1.76 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | One Nation | One Nation | 206,455 | 1.73 | -3.81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | Christian Democrats | Christian Democrats | 140,674 | 1.18 | +0.06 | | | | |
| | Liberals for Forests | Liberals for Forests | 107,130 | 0.90 | +0.15 | | | | |
| | Democratic Labour | Democratic Labour | 58,042 | 0.49 | −0.08 | | | | |
| | Fishing Party | Fishing Party | 50,356 | 0.42 | +0.18 | | | | |
| | HEMP | HEMP | 41,501 | 0.35 | −0.20 | | | | |
| | Ex-Service, Service and Veterans Party | Ex-Service, Service and Veterans Party | 25,277 | 0.21 | +0.21 | | | | |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | Citizens Electoral Council | 24,663 | 0.21 | +0.14 | | | | |
| | Lower Excise Fuel and Beer Party | Lower Excise Fuel and Beer Party | 19,156 | 0.16 | −0.04 | | | | |
| | Progressive Alliance | Progressive Alliance | 18,856 | 0.16 | +0.16 | | | | |
| | Progressive Labour | Progressive Labour | 18,424 | 0.15 | −0.50 | | | | |
| | Aged and Disability Pensioners | Aged and Disability Pensioners | 17,401 | 0.15 | +0.15 | | | | |
| | Outdoor Recreation | Outdoor Recreation | 13,822 | 0.12 | +0.12 | | | | |
| | Socialist Alliance | Socialist Alliance | 13,305 | 0.11 | +0.11 | | | | |
| | Non-Custodial Parents | Non-Custodial Parents | 12,207 | 0.10 | +0.06 | | | | |
| | Against Further Immigration | Against Further Immigration | 11,508 | 0.10 | −0.08 | | | | |
| | New Country | New Country | 11,040 | 0.09 | +0.09 | | | | |
| | No GST | No GST | 9,713 | 0.08 | −0.35 | | | | |
| | Great Australians | Great Australians | 6,984 | 0.06 | +0.06 | | | | |
| | Republican | Republican | 4,168 | 0.03 | −0.06 | | | | |
| | Save the ADI Site | Save the ADI Site | 3,281 | 0.03 | +0.03 | | | | |
| | Hope Party Australia | Hope Party Australia | 2,938 | 0.02 | −0.01 | | | | |
| | Nuclear Disarmament | Nuclear Disarmament | 2,163 | 0.02 | −0.02 | | | | |
| | Unendorsed/ungrouped | Unendorsed/ungrouped | 180,385 | 1.51 | +1.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | 11,953,649 | 100.00 | – | 40 | 36 | 76 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 466,370 | 3.75 | −0.14 | – | – | – | – |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 12,420,019 | 94.82 | -0.38 | – | – | – | – |
| Source: Upper house results: AEC ||||||||||

## New South Wales

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 2004 | 1 | Bill Heffernan | Liberal |
| 2004 | 2 | Steve Hutchins | Labor |
| 2004 | 3 | Concertta Fierravanti-Wells | Liberal |
| 2004 | 4 | John Faulkner | Labor |
| 2004 | 5 | Fiona Nash | National |
| 2004 | 6 | Michael Forshaw | Labor |
| 2001 |||||
| 2001 | 1 | Helen Coonan | Liberal |
| 2001 | 2 | Ursula Stephens | Labor |
| 2001 | 3 | Sandy Macdonald | National |
| 2001 | 4 | George Campbell | Labor |
| 2001 | 5 | Marise Payne | Liberal |
| 2001 | 6 | Kerry Nettle | Greens |
2004 Australian federal election: Senate, New South Wales :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 567,796 | | |
| | Liberal/National Coalition | 1. Bill Heffernan (Lib) (elected 1) 2. Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (Lib) (elected 3) 3. Fiona Nash (Nat) (elected 5) 4. John Tierney (Lib) 5. Michael Darby (Lib) 6. Robyn Bain (Nat) | 1,753,507 | 44.12 | +2.36 |
| | Labor | 1. Steve Hutchins (elected 2) 2. John Faulkner (elected 4) 3. Michael Forshaw (elected 6) 4. Joanna Woods | 1,445,602 | 36.37 | +2.87 |
| | Greens | 1. John Kaye 2. Carol Berry 3. Ben Oquist 4. Susie Russell 5. Trish Mullins 6. Jeremy Buckingham | 291,845 | 7.34 | +2.98 |
| | Christian Democrats | 1. Fred Nile 2. Patricia Giles 3. Peter Walker 4. Kevin Hume 5. George Capsis | 103,831 | 2.61 | +0.74 |
| | Democrats | 1. Aden Ridgeway 2. Nina Burridge 3. Greg Butler | 87,377 | 2.20 | −4.01 |
| | One Nation | 1. Judith Newson 2. Lynn Stanfield 3. Peter Bussa | 75,284 | 1.89 | −3.69 |
| | HEMP | 1. Michael Balderstone 2. Graham Askey | 24,016 | 0.60 | −0.32 |
| | Family First | 1. Joan Woods 2. Ivan Herald | 22,210 | 0.56 | +0.56 |
| | Fishing Party | 1. Bob Smith 2. David Hitchcock | 21,322 | 0.54 | −0.17 |
| | Liberals for Forests | 1. Glenn Druery 2. Ruth Green | 21,197 | 0.53 | +0.53 |
| | Lower Excise Fuel | 1. Dave O'Loughlin 2. Derek Ridgley | 19,156 | 0.48 | −0.13 |
| | Outdoor Recreation | 1. Leon Belgrave 2. Janos Beregszaszi | 13,822 | 0.35 | +0.35 |
| | Group A | 1. David Ettridge 2. Ashley Ettridge | 13,635 | 0.34 | +0.34 |
| | Progressive Labour | 1. Klaas Woldring 2. Kate Ferguson | 13,175 | 0.33 | −1.44 |
| | Veterans | 1. Bruce Howlett 2. Bonnie Fraser 3. Trevor Hesse | 12,905 | 0.32 | +0.32 |
| | Against Further Immigration | 1. David Kitson 2. Edwin Woodger | 11,508 | 0.29 | −0.25 |
| | No GST | 1. Mick Gallagher 2. Warwick Mead | 9,713 | 0.24 | −0.42 |
| | New Country | 1. Greg Graham 2. Lisa de Meur | 6,218 | 0.16 | +0.16 |
| | Great Australians | 1. Brett McHolme 2. Dennis Robinson | 4,691 | 0.12 | +0.12 |
| | Socialist Alliance | 1. Kylie Moon 2. Ray Jackson | 4,241 | 0.11 | +0.11 |
| | Save the ADI Site | 1. Geoff Brown 2. Bernie Laughlan | 3,281 | 0.08 | +0.08 |
| | Non-Custodial Parents | 1. Grahame Marks 2. Andrew Thompson | 2,930 | 0.07 | −0.03 |
| | Group K | 1. Martin Zitek 2. Robert Zitek | 2,750 | 0.07 | +0.07 |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | 1. Robert Butler 2. Richard Witten | 2,471 | 0.06 | +0.00 |
| | Progressive Alliance | 1. Reese Malcolm 2. Lee Raper | 2,342 | 0.06 | +0.06 |
| | Nuclear Disarmament | 1. Michael Denborough 2. Yvonne Francis | 2,163 | 0.05 | −0.07 |
| | Group D | 1. James Harker-Mortlock 2. Kelly Ferguson | 1,637 | 0.04 | +0.04 |
| | Independent | John Thompson | 549 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| | Group W | 1. Tom Vogelgesang 2. Don Nguyen | 538 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| | Independent | Paul Simpson | 251 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| | Independent | Carole Carpenter | 208 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| | Group U | 1. Nick Beams 2. Terry Cook | 116 | 0.00 | +0.00 |
| | Independent | Jack Lord | 74 | 0.00 | +0.01 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,974,565 | 96.53 | +0.07 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 143,021 | 3.47 | −0.07 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,117,586 | 95.11 | −0.38 |
The primary vote saw the Coalition winning three seats and Labor winning two, leaving the Greens and Labor leading the Christian Democrats for the final seat. Preferences from liberals for forests, Family First, the Democrats and One Nation meant that the Christian Democrats ended up overtaking both Labor and the Greens for the final vacancy, but Labor managed to stay ahead of the Greens, meaning that Labor ending up taking the final seat using Green preferences. The result was three seats coalition and three seats Labor.

## Victoria

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 2004 | 1 | Michael Ronaldson | Liberal |
| 2004 | 2 | Kim Carr | Labor |
| 2004 | 3 | Julian McGauran | National |
| 2004 | 4 | Stephen Conroy | Labor |
| 2004 | 5 | Judith Troeth | Liberal |
| 2004 | 6 | Steve Fielding | Family First |
| 2001 |||||
| 2001 | 1 | Mitch Fifield | Liberal |
| 2001 | 2 | Robert Ray | Labor |
| 2001 | 3 | Rod Kemp | Liberal |
| 2001 | 4 | Gavin Marshall | Labor |
| 2001 | 5 | Kay Patterson | Liberal |
| 2001 | 6 | Lyn Allison | Democrats |
2004 Australian federal election: Senate, Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 428,085 | | |
| | Liberal/National Coalition | 1. Michael Ronaldson (Lib) (elected 1) 2. Julian McGauran (Nat) (elected 3) 3. Judith Troeth (Lib) (elected 5) 4. Dino De Marchi (Lib) 5. Jim Forbes (Lib) 6. Eugene Notermans (Lib) | 1,321,445 | 44.10 | +4.49 |
| | Labor | 1. Kim Carr (elected 2) 2. Stephen Conroy (elected 4) 3. Jacinta Collins 4. Marg Lewis | 1,082,271 | 36.12 | −0.67 |
| | Greens | 1. David Risstrom 2. Richard Di Natale 3. Pamela Curr 4. Liz Conor 5. Sue Pennicuik 6. Berhan Ahmed | 263,551 | 8.80 | +2.81 |
| | Democratic Labor | 1. John Mulholland 2. Pat Crea 3. Gail King 4. Rosemary Maurus 5. Ken Wells | 58,042 | 1.94 | −0.34 |
| | Family First | 1. Steve Fielding (elected 6) 2. Danny Nalliah 3. Annette Blaze 4. Allan Meyer 5. Ann Bown | 56,376 | 1.88 | +1.88 |
| | Democrats | 1. Jess Healy 2. Greg Chipp 3. Tony Inglese 4. Jo McCubbin | 55,867 | 1.86 | −5.96 |
| | Liberals for Forests | 1. Steve Clancy 2. Rad Wintle | 55,170 | 1.84 | −0.56 |
| | One Nation | 1. Tim Foster 2. James Neary | 21,532 | 0.72 | −1.73 |
| | Pensioners | 1. Graeme Cleaves 2. Ian Kleeman | 17,401 | 0.58 | +0.58 |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | 1. Craig Isherwood 2. Kelly-Ann Paull | 16,227 | 0.54 | +0.45 |
| | Christian Democrats | 1. Alan Barron 2. Phil Seymour | 10,239 | 0.34 | −0.25 |
| | Veterans | 1. Roger Tozer 2. Pam Brown | 8,601 | 0.29 | +0.29 |
| | Group S | 1. Richard Frankland 2. Peter Phelps 3. John Harding | 7,266 | 0.24 | +0.24 |
| | Socialist Alliance | 1. Lalitha Chelliah 2. Sue Bolton | 4,906 | 0.16 | +0.16 |
| | Republican | 1. Peter Consandine 2. Sheila Newman | 4,168 | 0.14 | +0.14 |
| | Independent | 1. Joseph Toscano 2. Steven Reghenzani | 3,418 | 0.11 | +0.11 |
| | Non-Custodial Parents | 1. Kevin Boers 2. Brendan Hall | 3,310 | 0.11 | +0.11 |
| | Hope | 1. Tim Petherbridge 2. Lee-Anne Poynton | 2,938 | 0.10 | +0.01 |
| | Progressive Alliance | 1. Chris Grigsby 2. Charles Williams | 2,453 | 0.08 | +0.08 |
| | Independent | Phillip Mason | 478 | 0.02 | +0.02 |
| | Independent | Che Endra Che-Kahn | 212 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| | Independent | Harald Dreger | 192 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| | Independent | Judi-ann Leggetts | 168 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| | Independent | Barry Walters | 161 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| | Independent | David Buck | 80 | 0.00 | +0.00 |
| | Independent | Glenn Floyd | 71 | 0.00 | +0.00 |
| | Independent | John Tibble | 51 | 0.00 | +0.00 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,996,594 | 94.87 | +0.47 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 162,047 | 5.13 | −0.47 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,158,641 | 95.43 | −0.61 |
Primary votes ensured that the Coalition secured three senate seats and Labor secured two. This left the Greens leading with Labor not far behind as preferences began counting. In an attempt to protect their third candidate, Jacinta Collins, Labor made a deal with several groups including the Democratic Labor Party, Family First Party and the Christian Democrats where they would preference her ahead of the Coalition in exchange for Labor preferences, expecting them to be eliminated before these preferences could be distributed. However, it backfired badly as the Family First Party, despite starting with less than two percent of the primary vote, received many preferences from the Christian Democrats, the Aged and Disability Pensioners Party, One Nation, the Coalition, liberals for forests, the Australian Democrats and the Democratic Labor Party that easily put Family First ahead of Labor. And, as per the Jacinta Collins deal, the majority of the Labor preferences went to Family First too, meaning that Steve Fielding was comfortably elected ahead of Greens candidate David Risstrom. The result was three seats Coalition, two seats Labor and one seat Family First.

## Queensland

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 2004 | 1 | Brett Mason | Liberal |
| 2004 | 2 | Jan McLucas | Labor |
| 2004 | 3 | George Brandis | Liberal |
| 2004 | 4 | Joe Ludwig | Labor |
| 2004 | 5 | Barnaby Joyce | National |
| 2004 | 3 | Russell Trood | Liberal |
| 2001 |||||
| 2001 | 1 | Ian Macdonald | Liberal |
| 2001 | 2 | John Hogg | Labor |
| 2001 | 3 | Santo Santoro | Liberal |
| 2001 | 4 | Claire Moore | Labor |
| 2001 | 5 | Andrew Bartlett | Democrats |
| 2001 | 6 | Ron Boswell | National |
2004 Australian federal election: Senate, Queensland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 323,611 | | |
| | Liberal | 1. Brett Mason (elected 1) 2. George Brandis (elected 3) 3. Russell Trood (elected 6) 4. Sue Boyce | 867,276 | 38.29 | +3.39 |
| | Labor | 1. Jan McLucas (elected 2) 2. Joe Ludwig (elected 4) 3. Frank Gilbert | 717,005 | 36.12 | −0.08 |
| | National | 1. Barnaby Joyce (elected 5) 2. James Baker 3. Stewart Gillies | 149,719 | 6.61 | −2.55 |
| | Greens | 1. Drew Hutton 2. Sarah Moles 3. Theresa Millard | 122,393 | 5.40 | +2.09 |
| | Group K | 1. Pauline Hanson 2. Judy Smith | 102,824 | 4.54 | +4.54 |
| | Family First | 1. John Lewis 2. Tracy Skellern-Smith | 76,309 | 3.37 | +3.37 |
| | One Nation | 1. Len Harris 2. Ian Nelson 3. James Savage | 71,043 | 3.14 | −6.88 |
| | Democrats | 1. John Cherry 2. Bonny Bauer | 49,898 | 2.20 | −4.49 |
| | Fishing Party | 1. Kevin Collins 2. Darryl Whitford | 29,034 | 1.28 | +1.28 |
| | Liberals for Forests | 1. Joseph Clark 2. Archie Chapman | 22,283 | 0.98 | +0.98 |
| | HEMP | 1. Guy Freemarijuana 2. Tony Kneipp | 17,485 | 0.77 | −0.54 |
| | Group O | 1. Hetty Johnston 2. Diana Scott | 15,596 | 0.69 | +0.69 |
| | Group A | 1. Terry Rushton 2. Eamon Coll | 5,152 | 0.23 | +0.23 |
| | Non-Custodial Parents | 1. Geoff Webster 2. Doug Thompson | 4,226 | 0.19 | +0.19 |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | 1. Maurice Hetherington 2. Ray Gillham | 3,359 | 0.15 | +0.05 |
| | New Country | 1. Lorraine Wheeldon 2. Rowell Walton | 2,841 | 0.13 | +0.13 |
| | Socialist Alliance | 1. Sam Watson 2. Nicole Clevens | 2,334 | 0.10 | +0.10 |
| | Great Australians | 1. John Rivett 2. Mal McKenzie | 2,293 | 0.10 | +0.10 |
| | Group D | 1. Selwyn Johnston 2. Susan Harvey | 1,408 | 0.06 | +0.06 |
| | Group G | 1. Gail Duncan 2. Kim McIntosh | 1,015 | 0.04 | +0.04 |
| | Progressive Alliance | 1. Tony Newman 2. Darrell Morris | 921 | 0.04 | +0.04 |
| | Independent | Darryl McArthur | 568 | 0.03 | +0.03 |
| | Independent | Hassan Ghulam | 295 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,265,274 | 97.21 | +0.16 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 65,037 | 2.79 | −0.16 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,330,311 | 94.13 | −1.10 |
Primary votes saw two Labor and two Liberal senators get elected, leaving the Liberal Party well ahead of the National Party, the Greens and former One Nation leader Pauline Hanson, who this election ran as an independent. Pauline Hanson attracted a lot of preferential votes, which meant that her former party was surprisingly excluded before she was. This meant that her preferences could not go to One Nation and threaten the Liberal and National parties. As such, the National Party, using Fishing Party preferences, won the fifth seat and the Liberals won the sixth seat. The result was three seats Liberal, two seats Labor and one seat National.

## Western Australia

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 2004 | 1 | Chris Ellison | Liberal |
| 2004 | 2 | Chris Evans | Labor |
| 2004 | 3 | Ian Campbell | Liberal |
| 2004 | 4 | Glenn Sterle | Labor |
| 2004 | 5 | Judith Adams | Liberal |
| 2004 | 6 | Rachel Siewert | Greens |
| 2001 |||||
| 2001 | 1 | Alan Eggleston | Liberal |
| 2001 | 2 | Mark Bishop | Labor |
| 2001 | 3 | David Johnston | Liberal |
| 2001 | 4 | Ruth Webber | Labor |
| 2001 | 5 | Ross Lightfoot | Liberal |
| 2001 | 6 | Andrew Murray | Democrats |
2004 Australian federal election: Senate, Western Australia :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 161,166 | | |
| | Liberal | 1. Chris Ellison (elected 1) 2. Ian Campbell (elected 3) 3. Judith Adams (elected 5) 4. Michelle Steck | 556,558 | 49.34 | +9.21 |
| | Labor | 1. Chris Evans (elected 2) 2. Glenn Sterle (elected 4) 3. Emiliano Barzotto | 366,825 | 32.52 | −1.63 |
| | Greens | 1. Rachel Siewert (elected 6) 2. Colin Hughes 3. Christopher Newall 4. Felicity Peterson | 90,956 | 8.06 | +2.21 |
| | One Nation | 1. James Hopkinson 2. Ron McLean | 27,601 | 2.45 | −4.58 |
| | Democrats | 1. Brian Greig 2. Dominika Lisowski 3. Jason Meotti | 22,603 | 2.00 | −3.86 |
| | Christian Democrats | 1. Lachlan Dunjey 2. Peter Watt 3. Norman Gage | 21,234 | 1.88 | +0.63 |
| | National | 1. Geoff Gill 2. Norm Henning | 9,699 | 0.86 | −1.49 |
| | Family First | 1. Nigel Irvine 2. Don Hatch | 9,553 | 0.85 | +0.85 |
| | Liberals for Forests | 1. Lesley McKay 2. Vicki Taylor | 5,680 | 0.50 | −0.92 |
| | Progressive Labour | 1. Mary Lupi 2. Lyn Kearsley | 5,249 | 0.47 | −0.22 |
| | Group A | 1. Alicia Curtis 2. Steven Ogle | 4,122 | 0.37 | +0.37 |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | 1. Jean Robertson 2. Stuart Smith | 2,098 | 0.19 | +0.08 |
| | New Country | 1. Mal Harrington 2. Brendan Mansell | 1,981 | 0.18 | +0.18 |
| | Non-Custodial Parents | 1. Brian Taylor 2. Geoff Dixon | 1,741 | 0.15 | +0.15 |
| | Progressive Alliance | 1. Geoff Gibson 2. Stephen Crabbe | 932 | 0.08 | +0.08 |
| | Independent | Julie Easton | 1,015 | 0.09 | +0.09 |
| | Independent | Jim Jardine | 146 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| | Independent | Alexander Marsden | 132 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,128,155 | 96.46 | +0.35 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 41,452 | 3.54 | −0.04 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,169,607 | 93.66 | −1.38 |
Primary votes saw three Liberal and two Labor senators get elected, leaving the Greens with a sizeable lead against the Liberals. Preferences from the Democrats and Labor saw that lead extended even further, and Greens candidate Rachel Siewert comfortably took the final vacancy. The result was three seats Liberal, two seats Labor and one seat Greens.

## South Australia

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 2004 | 1 | Nick Minchin | Liberal |
| 2004 | 2 | Anne McEwen | Labor |
| 2004 | 3 | Amanda Vanstone | Liberal |
| 2004 | 4 | Annette Hurley | Labor |
| 2004 | 5 | Alan Ferguson | Liberal |
| 2004 | 6 | Dana Wortley | Labor |
| 2001 |||||
| 2001 | 1 | Robert Hill | Liberal |
| 2001 | 2 | Penny Wong | Labor |
| 2001 | 3 | Jeannie Ferris | Liberal |
| 2001 | 4 | Linda Kirk | Labor |
| 2001 | 5 | Grant Chapman | Liberal |
| 2001 | 6 | Natasha Stott Despoja | Democrats |
2004 Australian federal election: Senate, South Australia :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 138,249 | | |
| | Liberal | 1. Nick Minchin (elected 1) 2. Amanda Vanstone (elected 3) 3. Alan Ferguson (elected 5) 4. Sue Lawrie | 459,560 | 47.49 | +1.94 |
| | Labor | 1. Anne McEwen (elected 2) 2. Annette Hurley (elected 4) 3. Dana Wortley (elected 6) | 343,422 | 35.49 | +2.25 |
| | Greens | 1. Brian Noone 2. Clare McCarty 3. Mij Tanith 4. Sandy Montgomery | 63,881 | 6.60 | +3.15 |
| | Family First | 1. Andrea Mason 2. Tony Bates 3. Toni Turnbull | 38,559 | 3.98 | +3.98 |
| | Democrats | 1. John McLaren 2. Ruth Russell 3. Tammy Franks 4. Jenny Scott | 23,118 | 2.39 | −10.23 |
| | Progressive Alliance | 1. Meg Lees 2. Kirk Jones 3. Jenny Macintosh | 11,061 | 1.14 | +1.14 |
| | One Nation | 1. Andrew Phillips 2. Basil Hille | 10,995 | 1.14 | −3.42 |
| | National | 1. John Venus 2. Julie Sippo 3. Ian Willcourt | 3,843 | 0.40 | +0.40 |
| | Veterans | 1. Nicholas McShane 2. Jarrad Kay | 3,771 | 0.39 | +0.39 |
| | Liberals for Forests | 1. Rita Hunt 2. Rachael Barons | 2,800 | 0.29 | +0.29 |
| | Group A | 1. Rolf Klotz 2. Mark Smith 3. Robyn Munro 4. Ivan May | 1,957 | 0.20 | +0.20 |
| | Socialist Alliance | 1. Tom Burtuleit 2. Amy McDonald | 1,255 | 0.13 | +0.13 |
| | Group M | 1. Ben Yengi 2. Alan Hutton | 890 | 0.09 | +0.09 |
| | Group P | 1. Ralph Hahnheuser 2. Benno Lang | 889 | 0.09 | +0.09 |
| | Group C | 1. Andrew Stanko 2. Damian Woodards | 657 | 0.07 | +0.07 |
| | Independent | Richard Armour | 437 | 0.05 | +0.05 |
| | Group B | 1. Kane Winther 2. Claire Winther | 402 | 0.04 | +0.04 |
| | Independent | John Lawrie | 126 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| | Independent | Richard Lutz | 115 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 967,738 | 96.47 | −0.47 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 35,424 | 3.53 | +0.47 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,003,162 | 95.36 | −0.86 |
Primary votes saw three Liberal seats and two Labor seats secured. With South Australia being the former constituent of former Democrats leader now Progressive Alliance leader Meg Lees, the state saw the largest swing against the Democrats and the largest total for the Progressive Alliance. ABC Election Analyst Antony Green suggested that had the Democrats done better in the primary vote in South Australia, they may have won the final senate seat on Family First preferences. Instead, the Democrat preferences saw Family First go ahead of the Greens, leading to Labor winning the seat on Green preferences. The result was three seats Liberal and three seats Labor.

## Tasmania

| Elected | # | Senator | Party |
| 2004 | 1 | Eric Abetz | Liberal |
| 2004 | 2 | Kerry O'Brien | Labor |
| 2004 | 3 | Guy Barnett | Liberal |
| 2004 | 4 | Helen Polley | Labor |
| 2004 | 5 | Stephen Parry | Liberal |
| 2004 | 6 | Christine Milne | Greens |
| 2001 |||||
| 2001 | 1 | Paul Calvert | Liberal |
| 2001 | 2 | Sue Mackay | Labor |
| 2004 | 3 | John Watson | Liberal |
| 2001 | 4 | Nick Sherry | Labor |
| 2001 | 5 | Bob Brown | Greens |
| 2001 | 6 | Richard Colbeck | Liberal |
2004 Australian federal election: Senate, Tasmania :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 45,382 | | |
| | Liberal | 1. Eric Abetz (elected 1) 2. Guy Barnett (elected 3) 3. Stephen Parry (elected 5) | 146,532 | 46.13 | +7.34 |
| | Labor | 1. Kerry O'Brien (elected 2) 2. Helen Polley (elected 4) 3. David Price 4. Nicole Wells | 106,531 | 33.54 | −3.30 |
| | Greens | 1. Christine Milne (elected 6) 2. Karen Cassidy 3. Tom Millen | 42,214 | 13.29 | −0.50 |
| | Family First | 1. Jacquie Petrusma 2. Lance Bergman 3. Lindsay Smith | 7,563 | 2.38 | +2.38 |
| | Group F | 1. Shayne Murphy | 6,888 | 2.17 | +2.17 |
| | Democrats | 1. Yulia Onsman 2. Suzanne Cass | 2,614 | 0.82 | −3.80 |
| | Christian Democrats | 1. David Mitchell 2. Michael Fracalossi | 2,076 | 0.65 | +0.65 |
| | Independent | Dino Ottavi | 1,283 | 0.40 | +0.40 |
| | Group G (Harradine candidates) | 1. Steve Martin 2. John Newman | 1,139 | 0.36 | +0.36 |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | 1. Rob Larner 2. Adrian Watts | 508 | 0.16 | +0.16 |
| | Independent | Rob Newitt | 188 | 0.06 | +0.06 |
| | Independent | John McDonald | 99 | 0.03 | +0.03 |
| | Independent | Ellen Gargan | 32 | 0.01 | +0.01 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 317,667 | 96.63 | −0.08 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 11,091 | 3.37 | +0.08 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 328,758 | 95.90 | −0.93 |
Primary votes saw the Liberal Party winning three senate seats and Labor winning two, leaving the Greens leading for the sixth seat against the Family First Party with a sizable majority. However, Tasmania was one of two states where Labor preferenced the Family First Party ahead the Greens, meaning that the Family First candidate Jacquie Petrusma was expected to receive large amounts of preferences and win the final seat. However, Greens candidate Christine Milne ended up winning the seat, mainly due to the high amount of "below the line" voting in Tasmania. The result was three seats Liberal, two seats Labor and one seat Green.

## Territories
### Australian Capital Territory

| Elected | # | Senator | Party | Party |
| 2004 | 1 | Kate Lundy | | Labor |
| 2004 | 2 | Gary Humphries | | Liberal |
2004 Australian federal election: Senate, Australian Capital Territory :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 70,436 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Kate Lundy (elected 1) 2. David Smith | 86,855 | 41.10 | −0.92 |
| | Liberal | 1. Gary Humphries (elected 2) 2. Ian Morison | 80,022 | 37.87 | +3.57 |
| | Greens | 1. Kerrie Tucker 2. Roland Manderson | 34,575 | 16.36 | +9.14 |
| | Democrats | 1. Rachael Jacobs 2. Peter Bourne | 4,528 | 2.14 | −8.60 |
| | Christian Democrats | 1. Tim Janes 2. John Miller | 3,294 | 1.56 | −0.19 |
| | Progressive Alliance | 1. Jeannette Jolley 2. Ryan Deebank | 1,147 | 0.54 | +0.54 |
| | Independent | Dave Edwards | 885 | 0.42 | +0.42 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 211,306 | 97.54 | −0.12 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 5,325 | 2.46 | +0.12 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 216,631 | 95.16 | −0.53 |

### Northern Territory

| Elected | # | Senator | Party | Party |
| 2004 | 1 | Nigel Scullion | | CLP |
| 2004 | 2 | Trish Crossin | | Labor |
2004 Australian federal election: Senate, Northern Territory :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 30,785 | | |
| | Country Liberal | 1. Nigel Scullion (elected 1) 2. Bernadette Greg | 41,923 | 45.40 | +1.69 |
| | Labor | 1. Trish Crossin (elected 2) 2. Wayne Connop | 38,204 | 41.37 | +2.15 |
| | Greens | 1. Mark Wakeham 2. Shan McKenzie | 7,016 | 7.60 | +3.33 |
| | Democrats | 1. Janeen Bulsey 2. Fay Lawrence | 4,368 | 4.73 | −2.57 |
| | Socialist Alliance | 1. Ray Hayes 2. Kathy Newnam | 569 | 0.62 | +0.62 |
| | Independent | Wayne Wright | 270 | 0.29 | +0.29 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 92,350 | 96.88 | −0.36 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,973 | 3.12 | +0.36 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 95,323 | 84.73 | −1.47 |