2024 Queensland state election

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All 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly 47 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Leader Steven Miles David Crisafulli Robbie Katter Party Labor Liberal National Katter's Australian Leader since 15 December 2023 12 November 2020 2 February 2015 Leader's seat Murrumba Broadwater Traeger Last election 52 seats, 39.57% 34 seats, 35.89% 3 seats, 2.48% Current seats 52 seats 34 seats 3 seats Seats needed 13 44   ON Leader No leader No leader Party Greens One Nation Last election 2 seats, 9.47% 1 seat, 7.12% Current seats 2 seats 1 seat Seats needed 45 46
Incumbent Premier Steven Miles Labor

The 2024 Queensland state election is scheduled to be held on 26 October 2024 to elect all members to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland pursuant to the Constitution (Fixed Term Parliament) Amendment Act 2015. As a result of the 2016 Queensland term length referendum, the term of the parliament will run for four years.^[1][2]

The Labor government will attempt to win a fourth term against the Liberal National opposition, currently led by David Crisafulli. On 10 December 2023, Annastacia Palaszczuk announced her resignation after more than eight years in government, prompting a leadership election to elect a new leader and subsequently Premier.^[3]

Electoral system

Queensland has compulsory voting and uses full-preference instant-runoff voting for single-member electorates. The election will be conducted by the Electoral Commission of Queensland (ECQ). The party or coalition that wins the majority of seats (at least 47) will form the government. If no majority emerges then the party or coalition that is able to command the confidence of the Legislative Assembly will form government.

The party or coalition that wins the second highest number of seats forms the opposition, with the remaining parties and independents candidates being allocated to the cross bench.

The Queensland Parliament is the only unicameral state parliament in Australia, composed of the Legislative Assembly. The upper house, the Queensland Legislative Council was abolished in 1922.

Key dates

The election will be for all 93 members of the Legislative Assembly. Pursuant to Constitution (Fixed Term Parliament) Amendment Act 2015 Queensland has fixed terms, with all elections following the 2020 election held every four years on the last Saturday of October.^[4] The Governor may call an election earlier than scheduled if the Government does not maintain confidence, or the annual appropriation bill fails to pass.

Candidates

Crisafulli began announcing LNP candidates 18 months prior to the election, making the LNP the first party to formally endorse candidates for the election.^[5] The LNP announced several other candidates afterwards. The second party to formally endorse a candidate was Katter's Australian Party (KAP), announcing their candidate for the Far North Queensland seat of Cook on 6 October 2023.^[6]

Retiring members

Labor

• Stirling Hinchliffe (Sandgate) – announced retirement on 11 October 2023.^[7]
• Barry O'Rourke (Rockhampton) – announced retirement on 13 November 2023, citing health issues.^[8]

Liberal National

• Mark Robinson (Oodgeroo) – announced retirement on 16 June 2023.^[9]
• Michael Hart (Burleigh) – announced retirement on 6 September 2023.^[10]
• Lachlan Millar (Gregory) – announced retirement on 18 October 2023.^[11]

Electoral pendulum

This is a pre-election pendulum for the 2024 Queensland state election. Members in italics will not contest the election. By-elections were held in two seats during this term of Parliament that changed their margins. See the footnotes for details.

Notes

Opinion polling