2004 Monsilvan senate election

2004 Monsilvan senate election

14 August 2004
All 65 seats in the Senate 33 seats are needed for a majority
Registered	32,203,324
Turnout	27,150,622 (84.31%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Zou Qing Han Fu Song Yun Party FDP RNP Liberal Leader's seat Amking District 9 Nanyan District 1 Maguan District 1 Seats won 31 25 9 Seat change 1 2 1 Popular vote 12,923,696 10,425,839 3,746,786 Percentage 47.6% 38.4% 18.2%
Leader of the Senate before election Zou Qing Freedom and Democracy Party Leader of the Senate after election Zou Qing Freedom and Democracy Party

The 2004 Monsilvan senate election was held on Saturday 14 August 2004 to elect members of the Senate for the 38th Parliament of Monsilva. The election was fairly stagnant for most parties, with the leading Freedom and Democracy Party only gaining 1 seat, while the Reformed National Party lost 2 seats. The election was the last before the district re-organization which increased the senate seats from 65 to 75 for the 2008 senate election.

The stagnant change in this election was not as predicted, as the FDP was expected to increase by more seats than just one. However, in the Legislative Assembly, the FDP saw unexpected gains instead. The Liberal Party was also expected to make losses as the Kong Tsai scandal in 2000 had not yet left many people's minds, however this did not happen, and instead the party gained a seat.

All 65 seats in the senate were up for election, and as tradition, the election took place at the same time as the 2004 federal election.

Candidate parties

See also: List of political parties in Monsilva

Below is a list of parties that ran candidates for the 2004 election:

Name			Ideology	Senate leader
	Freedom and Democracy Party		Social democracy	Zou Qing
	Reformed National Party		Conservatism	Han Fu
	Liberal Party		Liberalism	Song Yun
	Green Party		Green politics	Fang Delun
	People's New Party		Monsilvan nationalism	Hou Guoliang
	Cheng I		Conservative Buddhist democracy	Tao Yuanjun
	Social Democratic Party		Social democracy	Fu Wen
	Unite Party		Unionism (removal of federal system)	Wei Chao
	Party of the Emperor		Monarchism	Luó Zemin
	Alternative for Monsilva		Fascism	Meng Jie
	Revive Monsilva		Monsilvan nationalism	Tan Zedong
	Monsilvan Communist Party		Communism	Cao Ye

Results

Government (31)
  Freedom and Democracy Party (31)

Opposition (25)
  Reformed National Party (25)

Crossbench (9)
  Liberal Party (9)