2015 Queensland state election

The 2015 Queensland state election was held on 31 January 2015 to elect all 89 members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. It was conducted by the Electoral Commission of Queensland (ECQ).

2015 Queensland state election

31 January 2015
All 89 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 45 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	89.89 ( 1.11 pp)
First party Second party Third party   <span style="line-height:160px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:; font-size:30px;"> KAP Leader Annastacia Palaszczuk Campbell Newman Ray Hopper Party Labor Liberal National 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 (lost Nanango) Last election 7 seats 78 seats 2 seats Seats won 44 seats 42 seats 2 seats Seat change 37 36 Popular vote 983,054 1,084,060 50,588 Percentage 37.47% 41.32% 1.93% Swing 10.81 8.33 9.61 TPP 51.1% 48.9% TPP swing 14.0 14.0
Winning margin by electorate.
Premier before election Campbell Newman Liberal National Premier after election Annastacia Palaszczuk Labor

The incumbent Liberal National government, led by Premier Campbell Newman, tried to win a second term in government, but lost to the Labor Party, led by Annastacia Palaszczuk, after Labor won a minority government. The LNP lost its supermajority and Newman lost his own seat of Ashgrove.

Palaszczuk became the second woman to win a state election in Australia, after Anna Bligh (also from Queensland).

2015 Queensland State Election Media

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  The composition of the Legislative Assembly following the election.

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  Winning party by electorate.

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  The disproportionality of the Queensland parliament in the 2015 election was 11.91 according to the Gallagher Index, mainly between Labor and The Greens.