All 82 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 42 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout
91.35 ( 1.93 pp)
First party
Second party
Leader
Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Tom Burns
Party
National–Liberal Coalition
Labor
Leader since
8 August 1968
19 December 1974 (1974-12-19)
Leader's seat
Barambah
Lytton
Last election
69 seats, 58.97%
11 seats, 36.03%
Seats won
59
23
Seat change
10
12
Popular vote
569,753
466,021
Percentage
52.37%
42.83%
Swing
5.14
6.80
Premier before election
Joh Bjelke-Petersen
National/Liberal coalition
Elected Premier
Joh Bjelke-Petersen
National/Liberal coalition
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 12 November 1977 to elect the 82 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.
The election resulted in a fourth consecutive victory for the National-Liberal Coalition under Joh Bjelke-Petersen. It was the eighth victory of the National Party in Queensland since it first came to office in 1957.
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