The 2020 Queensland state election was held on 31 October to elect all 93 members to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The Labor Party was returned to government for a third-term, led by incumbent premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. A record number of minor parties and candidates are running, 342 minor party candidates, 69 as independents or not officially endorsed by any party.
About 2020 Queensland state election in brief
The 2020 Queensland state election was held on 31 October to elect all 93 members to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The Labor Party was returned to government for a third-term, led by incumbent premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. With 47 seats needed to form a majority government, Labor won 52 seats, while the Liberal National Party won 34 seats and formed opposition. On the crossbench, Katter’s Australian Party retained its 3 seats, the Queensland Greens won an additional seat for a total of 2, Pauline Hanson’s One Nation retained Mirani and independent Sandy Bolton retained her seat of Noosa. Six seats changed parties in this election. Five seats changed from Liberal National to Labor, while South Brisbane changed from Labor to the Greens.
David Crisafulli was elected LNP leader on 12 November 2020. A record number of minor parties and candidates are running, 342 minor party candidates, 69 as independents or not officially endorsed by any party. Queensland has compulsory voting and uses full-preference instant-runoff voting for single-member electorates. The election will be conducted by the Electoral Commission of Queensland. Of the political parties contesting the election, the party, or coalition, that win the majority of seats forms the government. The party that gain the next highest number of seats forms the opposition, with the remaining parties and independents candidates being allocated to the cross bench.
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