2015 Queensland state election

Queensland state election, 2015

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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   KAP Leader Annastacia Palaszczuk Campbell Newman Ray Hopper Party Labor Liberal National Katter's Australian Leader since 28 March 2012 (2012-03-28) 22 March 2011 (2011-03-22) 29 November 2012 (2012-11-29) Leader's seat Inala Ashgrove (lost seat) Condamine; contested Nanango (lost seat) Last election 7 seats 78 seats 2 seats Seats before 9 seats 73 seats 3 seats Seats won 44 seats 42 seats 2 seats Seat change 35 34 1 Percentage 51.1% 48.9% 1.93% Swing 14.0pp 14.0pp 9.61%
Results by electoral division.
Premier before election Campbell Newman Liberal National Premier after election Annastacia Palaszczuk Labor

Campbell Newman
Liberal National

Annastacia Palaszczuk
Labor

The 2015 Queensland state election was held on 31 January 2015 to elect all 89 members of the unicameral Legislative Assembly of Queensland.

The incumbent centre-right Liberal National Party (LNP), led by Premier Campbell Newman, was defeated by the opposition centre-left Australian Labor Party (ALP), led by Opposition Leader Annastacia Palaszczuk. Labor formed a minority government with the support of the lone independent MP in the chamber, Peter Wellington. It is only the seventh change of government in Queensland since 1915, and only the third time since 1932 that a sitting government in the state has failed to win a second term. Furthermore, Annastacia Palaszczuk became the first woman to win government from opposition in a state election (eventual Chief Minister Clare Martin led the Labor Party to victory from opposition in 2001 at an election in a territory).

The previous election saw Labor, which had governed the state for all but two years since 1989, suffer the worst defeat of a sitting government in the state's history. The LNP won 78 seats—the largest majority government in Queensland history—compared to seven for Labor, two for Katter's Australian Party, and two won by independents. Following Labor's defeat former Premier Anna Bligh retired from politics and was succeeded as party leader by her former Transport Minister, Palaszczuk. Months later, Ray Hopper left the LNP to lead Katter's Australian Party while two further LNP MPs became independents, resulting in a total of 75 LNP seats, seven Labor seats, three Katter seats and four independent seats. Two by-elections saw Labor defeat the LNP, reducing the LNP to 73 seats with Labor on 9 seats. Although Labor hoped to regain much of what it lost in its severe defeat of three years earlier, most polls pointed to the LNP being returned for another term with a reduced majority.