Queensland state election, 1972

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All 82 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland

	First party	Second party

Leader	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	Jack Houston
Party	Country/Liberal coalition	Labor
Leader since	8 August 1968	12 October 1966 (1966-10-12)
Leader's seat	Barambah	Bulimba
Last election	45 seats	31 seats
Seats won	47 seats	33 seats
Seat change	2	2
Percentage	42.23%	46.75%
Swing	2.47	1.76

Premier before election

Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Country/Liberal coalition

Elected Premier

Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Country/Liberal coalition

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 27 May 1972 to elect the 82 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.

The Country-Liberal Coalition won its sixth consecutive victory since it won government in 1957 and also its second victory under Joh Bjelke-Petersen.

Queensland state election, 27 May 1972
Legislative Assembly
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