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For the local government elections scheduled to be held in March, see 2028 Queensland local elections.

2028 Queensland state election

28 October 2028
All 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly 47 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Leader David Crisafulli Steven Miles Party Liberal National Labor Leader since 12 November 2020 15 December 2023 Leader's seat Broadwater Murrumba Last election 52 seats, 41.52% 36 seats, 32.56% Current seats 53 36 Seats needed 11   Leader Robbie Katter No leader Party Katter's Australian Greens Leader since 2 February 2015 Leader's seat Traeger Last election 3 seats, 2.44% 1 seat, 9.89% Current seats 2 1 Seats needed 45 46
Incumbent Premier David Crisafulli Liberal National

The 2028 Queensland state election will be held on or before 28 October 2028 to elect the 59th Parliament of Queensland and its 93 seats. The Electoral Commission of Queensland (ECQ) will conduct the election.

The incumbent Liberal National majority government, led by Premier David Crisafulli, will seek a second four-year term in government. They will be challenged by the Queensland Labor Party, led by Leader of the Opposition and former Premier Steven Miles. It is expected that the Queensland Greens, Pauline Hanson's One Nation, Katter's Australian Party, and other minor parties and independents will contest the election.

Queensland has compulsory voting, with preferential instant runoff voting in single-member seats. However, premier David Crisafulli has pledged to reinstate optional preferential voting after Labor reinstated full compulsory preferential voting in 2016, returning the system to the recommendations from the Fitzgerald Inquiry.

Background

At the 2024 Queensland state election, the Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP), led by David Crisafulli, ended nine years in Opposition by securing a decisive victory. The LNP won 52 seats, compared to Labor's 36. The Greens, who previously held two seats, lost South Brisbane but managed to retain Maiwar. Katter's Australian Party (KAP), led by Robbie Katter, held onto its three seats, while Pauline Hanson's One Nation lost Mirani following the defection of Stephen Andrew to the KAP. Andrew, however, was defeated by the LNP in Mirani during the election.

The KAP lost a further seat in 2025, in a by-election for the seat of Hinchinbrook, following the resignation of Nick Dametto in order to contest the 2025 Townsville mayoral by-election, which he won. It is the first time a sitting Queensland government has gained a seat in a by-election since Mulgrave in 1998.

Date

The parliament has fixed four-year terms with the election held on the fourth Saturday in October, though the Governor may dissolve the house sooner on the advice of the Premier. Additionally, Section 19B, Paragraph 3 of the Constitution of Queensland 2001 states that “The Governor may at any time, by proclamation, order the polling day for an ordinary general election to be postponed to a Saturday not more than 35 days after the normal polling day (the postponed polling day)" if there are exceptional circumstances and if both the premier, and the Leader of the Opposition agrees to its postponement. Examples of exceptional circumstances listed in the constitution includes "An election for members of the House of Representatives or the Senate of the Commonwealth Parliament is to be held on the normal polling day or "A natural disaster has affected such a wide area of the State that the conduct of an election on the normal polling day would be impracticable.

Opinion polling

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2028 Queensland state election

This section is an excerpt from Opinion polling for the 2028 Queensland state election § Graphical summary.[edit]

Primary vote

A graph showing the opinion polling in the leadup to the 2028 Queensland state election.

Two-party-preferred

A graph showing the two-party-preferred opinion polling in the leadup to the 2028 Queensland state election.

See also

• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 2024–2028
• Premiership of David Crisafulli