1980 Queensland state election

Queensland state election, 1980

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29 November 1980 (1980-11-29)

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All 82 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland

	First party	Second party

Leader	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	Ed Casey
Party	National/Liberal coalition	Labor
Leader since	8 August 1968	28 November 1978 (1978-11-28)
Leader's seat	Barambah	Mackay
Last election	59 seats	27 seats
Seats won	57 seats	25 seats
Seat change	2	2
Percentage	54.86%	41.49%
Swing	2.49	1.34

Premier before election

Joh Bjelke-Petersen
National/Liberal coalition

Elected Premier

Joh Bjelke-Petersen
National/Liberal coalition

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 29 November 1980 to elect the 82 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

The election resulted in a fifth consecutive victory for the National-Liberal Coalition under Joh Bjelke-Petersen. It was the ninth victory of the National Party in Queensland since it first came to office in 1957.

The election saw little change from the 1977 election. The Coalition Government was returned to office, although Labor gained two seats and the Liberals lost two. The Liberal decline continued, and tensions between the Coalition parties increased.

Queensland state election, 29 November 1980
Legislative Assembly
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