2004 Victorian local elections

2004 Victorian local elections

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Registered	800,000+
Turnout	71.1%
First party Second party Third party   IND Leader N/A N/A No leader Party Independents Labor Greens Last election [a] [a] 4[a] Seats before 4 Seats won 159 22 6 Seats after 10 Seat change 2 Popular vote 606,598 78,241 21,995 Percentage 76.92% 9.92% 2.79%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   SA DLP Leader N/A No leader No leader Party Liberal Socialist Alliance Democratic Labour Last election 8[a] 0 0 Seats before 0 0 Seats won 9 0 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 21,686 5,512 4,378 Percentage 2.75% 0.70% 0.56%   Seventh party   SOC Leader No leader Party Socialist Last election 0 Seats before 0 Seats won 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 1,359 Percentage 0.17% Swing 0.02

The 2004 Victorian local elections were held on 26 November 2004 to elect the councils of 22 of the 79 local government areas in Victoria, Australia.^[1]

Until 2008, local elections in Victoria were conducted periodically, meaning 54 councils were not up for election in 2004. An additional three LGAs that were scheduled to vote in 2004 also did not have elections.^[2]

A shift away from single-member wards in favour of multi-member wards began in 2004, in particular in the Greater Melbourne area.^[3]

The election in Yarra saw the first-ever victory for the Socialist Party, with Stephen Jolly elected in Langridge Ward.^[4] He was reportedly the first elected socialist councillor in Melbourne "since the Second World War".^[5]

In Melbourne, Labor Party members ran on a ticket called 'Active Local Progressive' (ALP), led by Raymond Collins.^[6]

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