2024 Queensland state election

The 2024 Queensland state election is scheduled to be held on 26 October 2024 to elect all members to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland pursuant to the Constitution (Fixed Term Parliament) Amendment Act 2015 act. As a result of the 2016 Queensland term length referendum, the term of the parliament will run for four years.[1][2]

2024 Queensland state election
26 October 2024
All 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
47 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
 
LNP
Leader Annastacia Palaszczuk David Crisafulli Robbie Katter
Party Labor Liberal National Katter's Australian
Leader since 28 March 2012 12 November 2020 2 February 2015
Leader's seat Inala Broadwater Traeger
Last election 52 seats 34 seats 3 seats
Seats needed 13 44
 
Leader Pauline Hanson
Party Greens One Nation
Last election 2 seats 1 seat
Seats needed 45 46
Incumbent Premier

Annastacia Palaszczuk
Labor

Electoral system

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 (ECQ).

Of the political parties contesting the election, the party, or coalition, that win the majority of seats (at least 47) forms the government.

The party, or coalition that gain the next highest number of seats forms the opposition, with the remaining parties and independents candidates being allocated to the cross bench.

The Queensland Parliament is the only unicameral state parliament in Australia: the Legislative Assembly.

Key dates

The election will be for all 93 members of the Legislative Assembly. Pursuant to Constitution (Fixed Term Parliament) Amendment Act 2015 Queensland has fixed terms, with all elections following this election held every 4 years on the last Saturday of October. The Governor may call an election earlier than scheduled if the Government does not maintain confidence, or the annual appropriation bill fails to pass.

References
  1. The Queensland Electoral System Queensland Parliament
  2. Queensland referendum: Vote on four-year parliamentary terms passes ABC News 5 April 2016


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