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1972 Queensland state election

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Field	Value
election_name	1972 Queensland state election
country	Queensland
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1969 Queensland state election
previous_year	1969
next_election	1974 Queensland state election
next_year	1974
seats_for_election	All 82 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
42 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
turnout	92.41 ( 0.64 pp)
election_date
image1	[[File:Joh Bjelke-Petersen 1968 (cropped).jpg	150x150px]]
leader1	Joh Bjelke-Petersen
leader_since1	8 August 1968
colour1	006946
party1	Country–Liberal Coalition
leaders_seat1	Barambah
popular_vote1	383,000
percentage1	42.23%
swing1	2.47
last_election1	45 seats, 44.70%
seats1	47
seat_change1	2
image2	[[File:Jack Houston 1973 (1) (cropped).jpg	150x150px]]
leader2	Jack Houston
leader_since2
party2	Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)
leaders_seat2	Bulimba
popular_vote2	424,002
percentage2	46.75%
swing2	1.76
last_election2	31 seats, 44.99%
seats2	33
seat_change2	2
image3	QLP
leader3	No leader
party3	Queensland Labor
popular_vote3	69,757
percentage3	7.69%
swing3	0.46
last_election3	1 seat, 7.24%
seats3	0
seat_change3	1
map_image	1972 Queensland state election.svg
map_size	400px
map_caption	Winning margin by electorate.
title	Premier
before_election	Joh Bjelke-Petersen
before_party	Country–Liberal Coalition
after_election	Joh Bjelke-Petersen
after_party	Country–Liberal Coalition

42 Assembly seats were needed for a majority

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 27 May 1972 to elect the 82 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.

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
18 April 1972	The Legislative Assembly was dissolved.
18 April 1972	Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
27 April 1972	Close of nominations.
27 May 1972	title=State election will be tonight's scene-stealer	last=Partridge	first=Des	work=The Courier-Mail	date=27 May 1972	page=10}}
20 June 1972	The Bjelke-Petersen Ministry was reconstituted.
24 June 1972	The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
10 July 1972	Deadline for return of the writs.
1 August 1972	Parliament resumed for business.

Results

| turnout % = 92.41% | informal % = 1.61% |votes % = 46.75% |votes % = 22.23% |votes % = 20.00% |votes % = 7.69% |votes % = 3.33% |}

Seats changing hands

¶ 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.

Post-election pendulum

References

"Parliament of Queensland, Legislative Assembly election results for 27 May 1972". [[University of Western Australia]].
(18 April 1972). "A Proclamation".
(18 April 1972). "Extraordinary".
Partridge, Des. (27 May 1972). "State election will be tonight's scene-stealer". [[The Courier-Mail]].
(20 June 1972). "Extraordinary".
(24 June 1972). "Notices of Results of General Election".
(22 June 1972). "A Proclamation".

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