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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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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The Country-Liberal Coalition won its sixth consecutive victory since it won government in 1957 and also its second victory under Joh Bjelke-Petersen.
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] |
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 |
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 |