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

Leader	Annastacia Palaszczuk	Campbell Newman
Party	Labor	Liberal National
Leader since	28 March 2012 (2012-03-28)	22 March 2011 (2011-03-22)
Leader's seat	Inala	Ashgrove (lost seat)
Last election	7 seats	78 seats
Seats before	9 seats	73 seats
Seats won	44 seats	42 seats
Seat change	35	34
Percentage	51.1%	48.9%
Swing	14.0pp	14.0pp

Results by electoral division.

Premier before election

Campbell Newman
Liberal National

Premier after election

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).