1972 Queensland state election
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Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 27 May 1972 to elect the 82 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.[1]
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27 May 1972
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All 82 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 42 Assembly seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 92.41 ( 0.64 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Winning margin by electorate. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Country-Liberal Coalition won its sixth consecutive victory since it won government in 1957 and also its second victory under Joh Bjelke-Petersen.
Key dates
| Date | Event |
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| 18 April 1972 | The Legislative Assembly was dissolved.[2] |
| 18 April 1972 | Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.[3] |
| 27 April 1972 | Close of nominations. |
| 27 May 1972 | Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.[4] |
| 20 June 1972 | The Bjelke-Petersen Ministry was reconstituted.[5] |
| 24 June 1972 | The writ was returned and the results formally declared.[6] |
| 10 July 1972 | Deadline for return of the writs. |
| 1 August 1972 | Parliament resumed for business.[7] |
Results
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Queensland state election, 27 May 1972 | ||||||
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| Enrolled voters | 997,489 | |||||
| Votes cast | 921,763 | Turnout | 92.41% | +0.64% | ||
| Informal votes | 15,566 | Informal | 1.61% | –0.18% | ||
| Summary of votes by party | ||||||
| Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Labor | 424,002 | 46.75% | +1.76% | 33 | +2 | |
| Liberal | 201,596 | 22.23% | –1.45% | 21 | +2 | |
| Country | 181,404 | 20.00% | –1.02% | 26 | ±0 | |
| Queensland Labor | 69,757 | 7.69% | +0.46% | 0 | –1 | |
| Independent | 30,187 | 3.33% | +0.48% | 2 | +1 | |
| Total | 906,946 | 82 | ||||
Seats changing hands
| Seat | Pre-1972 | Swing | Post-1972 | ||||||
| Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||
| Albert ¶ | Liberal | Bill Heatley* | 0.5 | –4.6 | 4.1 | Bill D'Arcy | Labor | ||
| Ipswich | Labor | notional – new seat | 4.5 | –5.7 | 1.2 | Llew Edwards | Liberal | ||
| Mackay | Labor | Ed Casey | 6.7 | –20.1 | 13.4 | Ed Casey | Independent | ||
- ¶ Results for Albert based on 1970 by-election
- Bill Heatley died in October 1971, but no by-election was called due to the proximity of the 1972 election.
- In addition, the Liberal Party retained Maryborough, which was won from Labor at the 1971 by-election.
- Aubigny, which was the last seat held by the Democratic Labor Party, was abolished at this election and its outgoing member, Les Diplock, retired.