2012 Queensland state election

Queensland state election, 2012

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All 89 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 45 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Campbell Newman Anna Bligh Robbie Katter Party Liberal National Labor Katter's Australian Leader since 22 March 2011 (2011-03-22) 13 September 2007 (2007-09-13) 27 September 2011 (2011-09-27) Leader's seat Ashgrove (won seat) South Brisbane Mount Isa (won seat) Last election 34 seats 51 seats 0 seats Seats before 2 seats Seats won 78 seats 7 seats 2 seats Seat change 44 44 2 Popular vote 1,214,553 652,092 282,098 Percentage 49.7% 26.7% 11.53% Swing 8.1 15.6 11.5 2PP 62.8% 37.2% n/a 2PP swing 13.7 13.7 n/a
Results by electoral division.
Premier before election Anna Bligh Labor Elected Premier Campbell Newman Liberal National

Anna Bligh
Labor

Campbell Newman
Liberal National

The 2012 Queensland state election was held on 24 March 2012 to elect all 89 members of the Legislative Assembly, a unicameral parliament.

The Labor Party (ALP), led by Premier Anna Bligh, was defeated by the opposition Liberal National Party (LNP), led by Campbell Newman. It is only the sixth time that Queenslanders have ousted a sitting government since 1915. The ALP was attempting to win a ninth consecutive election victory, having won every general election since 1989 although it was out of office between 1996 and 1998. Katter's Australian Party contested its first election. Before the election, it held two seats whose members had been elected as LNP candidates.

Labor suffered one of the worst defeats of a state government since Federation, and the worst defeat of a sitting government in Queensland history. From 51 seats in 2009, it was reduced to only seven seats, suffering a swing of 15.6 percentage points. The LNP won a majority for the first time in its history, jumping from 34 seats to 78 seats to win the largest majority government in Queensland history. It was the first outright non-Labor majority since the Queensland Nationals won their last victory in 1986. Katter's Australian Party won two seats, though leader Aidan McLindon lost his own seat. The remaining two seats were taken by independents. Newman took office two days after the election.