1986 Queensland state election

1986 Queensland state election

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All 89 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 45 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Registered	1,563,294 7.2%
Turnout	1,426,478 (91.25%) (0.48 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Joh Bjelke-Petersen Nev Warburton William Knox Party National Labor Liberal Leader since 8 August 1968 29 August 1984 3 November 1983 Leader's seat Barambah Sandgate Nundah Last election 41 seats, 38.93% 32 seats, 43.98% 8 seats, 14.88% Seats before 42 seats 31 seats[a] 7 seats[b] Seats won 49 30 10 Seat change 7 1 3 Popular vote 553,197 577,062 230,310 Percentage 39.64% 41.35% 16.50% Swing 1.82 pp 5.98 pp 10.88 pp TPP 54.0% 46.0% TPP swing 0.60pp 0.60pp
Winning margin by electorate.
Legislative Assembly following election.
Premier before election Joh Bjelke-Petersen National Elected Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen National

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 1 November 1986 to elect the 89 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.^[1] It followed a redistribution which increased the number of seats in the Assembly from 82 to 89.

The election resulted in a seventh consecutive term for the National Party under Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen. It was the 11th consecutive term for the National Party in Queensland since it first came to office in 1957. The Nationals secured a majority in their own right, with 49 seats. It is the only time that the Nationals have ever won enough seats to govern alone in an election at any level. They had come up one seat short of an outright majority in 1983, but picked up a majority after persuading two Liberals to cross the floor.

This was the last time that a non-Labor Government was elected at a Queensland state election until 2012, although the Coalition briefly held government from 1996 to 1998 following the Mundingburra by-election.

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