All 82 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 42 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout
92.41 ( 0.64 pp)
First party
Second party
Third party
QLP
Leader
Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Jack Houston
No leader
Party
Country–Liberal Coalition
Labor
Queensland Labor
Leader since
8 August 1968
12 October 1966 (1966-10-12)
Leader's seat
Barambah
Bulimba
Last election
45 seats, 44.70%
31 seats, 44.99%
1 seat, 7.24%
Seats won
47
33
0
Seat change
2
2
1
Popular vote
383,000
424,002
69,757
Percentage
42.23%
46.75%
7.69%
Swing
2.47
1.76
0.46
Premier before election
Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Country/Liberal coalition
Elected Premier
Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Country/Liberal coalition
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]
The Country-Liberal Coalition won its sixth consecutive victory since it won government in 1957 and also its second victory under Joh Bjelke-Petersen.
^"Parliament of Queensland, Legislative Assembly election results for 27 May 1972". Australian Politics and Elections Archive 1856-2018. University of Western Australia. Archived from the original on 10 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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