Federal Election 2019: How every Queensland seat is falling

The Battle of Queensland appears to have been won by the Morrison coalition government, with Labor struggling to make an impact. SEE HOW THE SEATS HAVE FALLEN

THE Battle of Queensland appears to have been won by the Morrison coalition government.

Labor is struggling to have an impact in the state, where a slew of marginal seats were up for grabs and was the focus of heavy campaigning by both sides.

The controversial Adani coal mine project - and Labor’s ambivalent response to it - appears to have played a part in central Queenslanders giving their vote to the Liberal National Party.

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton looks likely to hold his northern Brisbane seat of Dickson.

George Christensen, who was dubbed the MP for Manila for the number of days he spent visiting his fiancee in the Philippines, is expected to be returned in Dawson without any problem.

The LNP is also leading in the Townsville seat Herbert - won by Labor’s Cathy O’Toole in 2016 by just 37 votes - where Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party appears to have failed.

The LNP has also retained the coastal seats of Flynn, Capricornia and Leichhardt.

Senior Labor senator Penny Wong told the ABC Queensland “is tough for us.”

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BLAIR

Stretches from Ipswich across the Scenic Rim and Lockyer Valley, northwest of Brisbane, covering 6472sq km.

Current MP: Shayne Neumann (ALP)

Candidates: Simone Karandrews (Ind), Peter John Fitzpatrick (FACNP), Shayne Kenneth Neumann (ALP), Sharon Pauline Bell (PHON), RobertShearman (LNP), Majella Impel (UAP), John Quinn (DLP) Michelle Duncan (Greens), John Turner (Ind).

Margin: 8.5 per cent

7PM: ALP’s Shayne Neumann has 3.4 per cent swing with 61.6 per cent of the vote to LNP’s Robert Shearman with 38.4 per cent.

7.30PM: LNP’s Robert Shearman has a 13.7 per cent swing, with 55.6 per cent of the vote, to the ALP incumbent Shayne Neumann, with 44.4 per cent.

8.30PM: The Labor Party’s Shayne Neumann is on 50.2 per cent of the vote, while the LNP’s Robert Shearman is on 49.8 per cent of the vote, with a 7.9 swing against the party.

9PM: Shayne Neumann has retained the seat for the LNP.

BONNER

Southern Brisbane seat including parts of Mt Gravatt, Carindale and Rochedale and up to Lytton, Wynmum and out to Burbank. It also includes Moreton Island. About 374sq km

100,800 electors

Current MP: Ross Vasta (LNP)

Candidates: Simon E.F. Flitcroft (UAP), Barbara Bell (Greens), Ian Pauline Symes (PHON), Ross Vasta (LNP), Alex Maynard (FACNP), Jo Briskey(ALP).

Margin: 3.4 per cent

7PM: LNP’s Ross Vasta has 1 per cent swing with 54.4 per cent of vote to Labor’s Jo Briskey with 45.6 per cent

7.30PM: LNP’s Ross Vasta has 1.2 per cent swing with 54.6 per cent to the ALP’s Jo Briskey with 45.4 per cent.

8.30PM: The LNP’s Ross Vasta has experienced a 2.4 per cent swing to him and is on 55.8 per cent of the vote. The ALP’s Jo Briskey is on 44.2 per cent.

9PM: Ross Vasta has retained the seat for the LNP.

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BOWMAN

Sits across Brisbane and Redland taking in Redland Bay, Mt Cotton, Wellington Point, Victoria Point and Cleveland, as well as North Stradbroke Island. About 536sq km.

103,400 electors

Current MP: Andrew Laming (LNP)

Candidates: Emerald Moon (Greens), Andrew Laming (LNP), Shane Clarke (UAP), David Anderson (FACNP), Glen Wadsworth (PHON), Tom Baster(ALP).

Margin: 7.1 per cent

7PM: LNP’S Andrew Laming has a 5 per cent swing against him with 51.8 per cent of the vote compared to ALP’s Tom Baster with 48.2 per cent

7.30PM: LNP’s Andrew Laming has a 1.1 per cent swing against him with 56 per cent of the vote, compared to the ALP’s Tom Baster with 44 per cent.

8.30PM: The LNP’s Andrew Laming has a 3 per cent swing to him with 60 per cent of the vote, compared to Labor’s Tom Baster with 40 per cent.

9PM: Andrew Laming has retained the seat for the LNP.

BRISBANE

The inner-city seat is bordered by the Brisbane River, taking in Eagle Farm across to Milton and out to Ashgrove, Enoggera,Stafford and Kalinga, as well as including the CBD. About 57sq km

107,000 electors

Current MP: Trevor Evans (LNP)

Candidates: Anne Perry (PHON), Trevor Evans (LNP), Aaron Whittaker (UAP), Andrew Bartlett (Greens), Rod Jeanneret (FACNP), Paul Newbury(ALP), Kamala Emanuel (Socialist Alliance).

Margin: 6.1 per cent

7PM: Three per cent swing toward LNP’s Trevor Evans with 59 per cent of the vote to 41 per cent to ALP’s Paul Newbury.

7.35PM: LNP’s Trevor Evans has a 3.1 per cent swing against him with 52.9 per cent of the vote to 47.1 per cent to the ALP’s Paul Newbury.

8.30PM: Trevor Evans from the LNP is on 56.3 per cent, with a .3 per cent swing to the party. Labor’s Paul Newbury is on 43.7 per cent of the vote.

9.20PM: The LNP’s Trevor Evans is on 55.1 per cent of the vote. Labor’s Paul Newbury is on 44.9 per cent of the party, with a .9 swing to the ALP.

9.40PM: Trevor Evans has retained the seat for the LNP.

CAPRICORNIA

Includes Rockhampton, Isaac and Livingstone council areas, as well as parts of Mackay and Whitsunday. Its 98,190 voters live across is 90,903sq km. It is about 600km north of Brisbane.

Current MP: Michelle Landry (LNP)

Candidates: Paul Bambrick (Greens), George Birkbeck (KAP), Richard Templer (DLP), Ken Murray (Ind), Michelle Landry (LNP), Russell Robertson(ALP), Wade Rothery (PHON), Lindsay Sturgeon (UAP), Grant Pratt (FACNP).

Margin: 0.6 per cent

7PM: Early counting shows a 17 per cent swing to sitting member LNP’s Michelle Landry with 68 per cent of the vote.

7.40PM: The LNP’s sitting member Michelle Landry has a 11.4 swing to her with 62 per cent of the vote, compared to Labor’s Russell Robertson with 38 per cent.

8.20PM: Michelle Landry has retained the seat for the Liberal National Party.

DAWSON

North Queensland seat centred around Mackay stretching up to parts of Townsville City Council, and including Whitsunday council and parts of the Burdekin. 900km north of Brisbane. About 14,630sq km.

103,600 electors.

Current MP: George Christensen (LNP)

Candidates: Ann-Maree Ware (DLP), Michael Wayne Turner (FACNP), Debra Lawson (PHON), George Christensen (LNP), Belinda Hassan(ALP), Brendan Bunyan (KAP), Imogen Lindenberg (Greens), Lachlan Queenan (Ind), Colin Richard Thompson (UAP).

Margin: 3.4 per cent

7PM: Early counting shows LNP’s George Christensen with a healthy 16 per cent swing toward him sitting on 69.4 per cent of the vote.

7.40PM: The LNP’s George Christensen has a 10.5 per cent swing with 63.9 per cent of the vote, compared to the Labor Party’s Belinda Hassan with 36.1 per cent.

8.20PM: George Christensen has retained the seat for the LNP.

DICKSON

Starts in Moreton Bay and ends in Brisbane, including Kallangur, Samford and Ferny Hills. 724sq km.

100,600 electors

Current MP: Peter Dutton (LNP)

Candidates: Benedict Coyne (Greens), Peter Dutton (LNP), Ali France (ALP), Thor Prohaska (Ind), Steve Austin (UAP), Carrol Halliwell(PHON), Richelle Simpson (FACNP), Maureen Brohman (AJP).

Margin: 1.8 per cent

7PM: Dutton sitting on a 2 per cent swing toward him with 54.4 per cent of the vote in early counting.

7.40PM: Sitting member Peter Dutton has a 3 per cent swing to him, with 54.7 per cent of the vote compared to Labor’s Ali France on 45.3 per cent.

8.20PM: Peter Dutton has retained the seat for the LNP.

Federal Member for Dickson Peter Dutton out campaigning today (AAP Image/Glenn Hunt)

FADDEN

Takes in suburbs at Gold Coast and Redland, about 395sq km

111,813 electors (as of December 31, 2018).

Current MP: Stuart Robert (LNP)

Candidates: Jake Welch (LDP), Luz Stanton (ALP), Darren Eather (PHON), Allan Barber (FACNP), Scott Turner (Greens), Stuart Robert (LNP),Mara Krischker (UAP).

Margin: 11.3 per cent

7PM: Tight in Fadden with LNP’s Stuart Robert with a 1.6 per cent swing toward him with 62.8 per cent of the vote so far.

7.45PM: The LNP’s Stuart Robert has a 4.3 per cent swing, on 65.6 per cent of the vote. Labor’s Luz Stanton has 34.4 per cent.

8.30PM: Stuart Robert has retained the seat for the LNP.

FAIRFAX

Sunshine Coast, including Maroochydore, Buderim and Nambour, about 1030sq km.

112,386 electors (as of December 31, 2018).

Current MP: Ted O’Brien (LNP)

Candidates: Kylie Natasha Cowling (UAP), Jake Luke Ryan (FACNP), Sue Etheridge (Greens), Ted O’Brien (LNP), Richard Belcher (SustainableAustralia), Paul Henselin (PHON), Sinim Australie (Ind), Bertrand Cadart (LDP), Julie McGlone (ALP).

Margin: 11.2 per cent

7PM: Bad signs early for LNP’s Ted O’Brien with a 6 per cent swing against him. He’s sitting with 54.4 per cent of the vote.

7.45PM: The LNP’s Ted O’Brien has a .6 per cent swing, with 61.4 per cent of the vote. Julie McGlone, ALP, has 38.6 per cent.

8.25PM: Ted O’Brien has retained the seat for the LNP.

FISHER

Sunshine Coast and north Brisbane and includes Maleny, Woodford and Caloundra, about 1170sq km

110,737 (as of December 31, 2018)

Current MP: Andrew Wallace (LNP)

Candidates: Trevor David Gray (UAP), Daniel Parsell (ALP), Tracy Burton (Greens), Christopher Paterson (PHON), Andrew Wallace (LNP),Mike Jessop (FACNP), Paul Monaghan (LAOL).

Margin: 8.9 per cent

7PM: LNP’s Andrew Wallace suffering a 5 per cent swing against him early, sitting on 54.2 per cent of the vote.

7.40PM: The LNP’s Andrew Wallace has a 5.3 per cent swing to him with 64.5 per cent of the vote, while Labor’s Daniel Parsell has 35.5 per cent.

8.25PM: Andrew Wallace has retained the seat for the LNP

FLYNN

Includes Gladstone, as well as Banana Shire, the Central Highlands, North Burnett and Woorabinda. It is more than 400km north of Brisbane. 132,824sq km.

100,600 electors.

Current MP: Ken O’Dowd (LNP)

Candidates: Zac Beers (ALP), Nathan David Harris (UAP), Jaiben Baker (Greens), Murray Peterson (Ind), Sharon Lohse (PHON), Duncan GeorgeScott (Ind), Marcus John Hiesler (FACNP), Ken O’Dowd (LNP).

Margin: 1.1 per cent

7PM: Good signs early for LNP’s Ken O’Dowd with a 19 per cent swing toward him. He’s got 70 per cent of the vote.

7.50PM: The LNP’s Ken O’Dowd has an 8.4 per cent swing with 59.5 per cent. Labor’s Zac Beers is sitting on 40.5 per cent of the vote.

8.35PM: The LNP’s Ken O’Dowd is on 58.7 per cent of of the vote, with a 7.7 per cent swing to the party. Zac Beers of the Labor Party is on 41.3 per cent of the vote.

9.10PM: The LNP’s Ken O’Dowd has retained the seat.

FORDE

South of Brisbane, includes northern parts of the Gold Coast and southern parts of Logan, about 418sq km.

99,000 Electors

Current MP: Bert Van Manen (LNP)

Candidates: Ian Bowron (PHON), Kirsty Petersen (Greens), Paul Creighton (UAP), Bert Van Manen (LNP), Des Hardman (ALP), Les Innes (FACNP).

Margin: 0.7 per cent.

7.10PM: ALP’s Des Hardman has an early 6.7 per cent swing toward him with 56 per cent of the vote.

7.50PM: The LNP’s Bert Van Manent has a 6.4 per cent swing, with 57 per cent of the vote. Labor’s Des Hardman has 43 per cent of the vote.

8.30PM: Bert Van Manen has retained the seat for the LNP.

GRIFFITH

Includes parts of south eastern Brisbane, stretching along the Brisbane River from Dutton Park to Murarrie and south to Holland Park, covering 60sq km.

105,828 electors

C urrent MP: Terri Butler (ALP)

Candidates: Olivia Roberts (LNP), Terri Butler (ALP), Max Chandler-Mather (Greens), Christian John Julius (UAP), Julie Darlington (PHON),Tony Murray (FACNP).

Margin: 1.5 per cent

7.10PM: Early swings of 13 per cent toward the LNP’s Olivia Roberts who is sitting on 62.2 per cent of the vote.

7.50PM: The LNP has had a .4 per cent swing against it. Labor’s Terri Butler is on 51 per cent, the LNP’s Olivia Roberts is on 49 per cent.

8.35PM: The Labor Party’s Terri Butler is on 52.2 per cent of the vote, with a .8 per cent swing against her to the LNP. The Liberal National Party candidate Olivia Roberts is on 47.8 per cent.

9.05PM: The seat has been retained by Labor’s Terri Butler.

GROOM

West of Brisbane and takes in Toowoomba, about 5594sq km

105,009 electors

Current MP: John McVeigh (LNP)

Candidates: Alyce Nelligan (Greens), David King (PHON), Perry Adrelius (FACNP), John McVeigh (LNP), Kenneth Ian Law (UAP), Troy Kay (ALP).

Margin: 15.3 per cent

7.10PM: Election analysts are calling Groom as an LNP retain with a 7.4 per cent swing toward the LNP with John McVeigh getting 72.7 per cent of the vote.

7.50PM: The LNP’s John Mcveigh is getting a swing of 5.1 per cent, sitting on 70.4 per cent of the vote. Labor’s Troy Kay is on 29.6 per cent.

8.25PM: John McVeigh has retained the seat for the LNP.

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HERBERT

Townsville, Palm Island and part of Hinchinbrook Shire Council, about 941sq km.

104,815 electors

Current MP: Cathy O’Toole (ALP)

Candidates: Amy Lohse (PHON), Greg Dowling (UAP), Nanette Radeck (KAP), Sam Blackadder (Greens), Phillip Thompson (LNP), Tamara Durant(FACNP), Mackenzie Severns (AJP), Cathy O’Toole (ALP).

Margin: 0.1 per cent

7.15PM: Showing an early 3.9 per cent swing toward LNP with Phillip Thompson on 53.9 per cent of the vote.

7.55PM: The marginal seat of Herbert is showing a 6 per cent swing to the LNP’s Phillip Thompson, who is sitting on 56 per cent. The sitting ALP member Cathy O’Toole is on 44 per cent of the vote.

8.35PM: The Liberal National Party has picked up a 6.8 per cent swing, with candidate Phillip Thompson on 56.7 per cent. The Labor Party’s Cathy O’Toole is on 43.3 per cent of the vote.

9.05PM: The seat has been gained by the LNP’s Phillip Thompson.

HINKLER

Includes Bundaberg and Hervey Bay along with other parts of the Fraser Coast region, covering 3,818sq km.

100,687 electors

Current MP: Keith Pitt (LNP)

Candidates: Damian Huxham (PHON), Keith Pitt (LNP), Anne Jackson (Greens), David Norman (Ind), Moe Turaga (Ind), Aaron Erskine (FACNP),Joseph Kevin Ellul (UAP), Amy Byrnes (AJP), Richard Pascoe (ALP), Adrian Jacob Wone (Ind)

Margin: 8.4 per cent

7.15PM: Shows a 9.7 per cent swing toward the LNP with 68.1 per cent of the vote to Keith Pitt.

7.55PM: The LNP’s Keith Pitt has a 5.6 per cent swing, with 64 per cent of the vote. The ALP’s Richard Pascoe is on 36 per cent.

8.25PM: Keith Pitt has retained the seat for the LNP.

KENNEDY

Large parts of north Queensland including shires of Boulia, Burke, Cassowary Coast, Charters Towers, Cloncurry, Croydon, Doomadgee, Etheridge, Flinders, McKinlay, Mornington, Mt Isa, Richmond, Tablelands and Yarrabah, covering 567,377sq km.

99,883 electors

Current MP: Bob Katter (KAP)

Candidates: Sue Bertuch (UAP), Bob Katter (KAP), Lyle Burness (Greens), Ian Douglas Hackwell (FACNP), Frank Beveridge (LNP), Brett McGuire(ALP).

Margin: 6.9 per cent

7.15PM: Election analysts calling the seat of Kennedy to Bob Katter after 13 per cent of the vote counted. Katter has 64.3 per cent of the vote.

7.55PM: Bob Katter has 63.7 per cent of the vote, despite a 2.7 per cent swing toward the LNP’s Frank Beveridge, who’s on 36.3 per cent of the vote.

8.25PM: Bob Katter has retained the seat for the Katter Australia Party.

LEICHHARDT

The far north Queensland seat of Leichhardt covers from Cairns to Cape York, west to Aurukun and even includes the TorresStrait Islands. 148,559sq km. It is 1600km north of Brisbane.

109,000 electors

Current MP: Warren Entsch (LNP)

Candidates: Jo Ashby (FACNP), Chad Anderson (Ind), Elida Faith (ALP), Ross Macdonald (PHON), Daniel McCarthy (KAP), Jen Sackley (UAP),Warren Entsch (LNP), Gary Oliver (Greens).

Margin: 4.1 per cent

7.15PM: ALP has a 5.9 per cent swing toward it with Elida Faith sitting on 52 per cent of the vote.

7.55PM: The LNP’s Warren Entsch is on 52 per cent of the vote, despite a 2 per cent swing against it. The Labor Party’s Elida Faith has 48 per cent of the vote.

8.35PM: Warren Entsch from the LNP has suffered a .9 per cent swing, but is on 53.1 per cent of the vote. Labor’s Elida Faith is on 46.9 per cent.

9.10PM: Warren Entsch has retained the seat for the LNP.

LILLEY

Covers northern Brisbane suburbs from Nundah to bayside suburbs of Sandgate and Brighton. It is 144sq km.

106,969 electors

Current MP: Wayne Swan (ALP) – not contesting

Candidates: Tracey Bell-Henselin (PHON), Don Coles (FACNP), Mike Crook (Socialist Alliance), Brad Carswell (LNP), Anika Wells (ALP),John Meyer (Greens), David McClaer (UAP).

Margin: 5.7 per cent

7.15PM: Labor’s Anika Wells suffers a 3 per cent swing against her, sitting on 52.6 per cent of the vote.

8PM: The LNP’s Brad Carswell is on 50.2 per cent of the vote, with a 5.9 per swing to him. Labor’s Anika Wells is on 49.8 per cent.

8.40PM: Anika Wells for the Labor Party is on 50.3 per cent of the vote, despite a 5.3 per cent swing to the LNP. The LNP’s Brad Carswell is on 49.7 per cent.

9.20PM: The ALP’s Anika Wells is on 50.5 per cent of the vote. Brad Carswell of the LNP is on 49.5 per cent of the vote, with a 5.2 per cent swing to his party.

MIDNIGHT: Seat is still in the balance

LONGMAN

Includes Bribie Island, Burpengary, Caboolture, Morayfield, Woodford and Narangba, covering much of the Moreton Bay Region. It covers 1239sq km.

111,784 electors

Current MP: Susan Lamb (ALP)

Candidates: Terry Young (LNP), Bailey James Maher (UAP), Jono Young (AP), Susan Lamb (ALP), Peter Keith Schuback (AFP), Matthew Thomson(PHON), Dave Paulke (FACNP), Simone Dejun (Greens).

Margin: 0.8 per cent, 4.4 per cent after 2018 by-election

7.15PM: Tight in Longman with a 1.2 per cent swing toward LNP’s Terry Young. Young is on 50.5 per cent of the vote to Lamb’s 49.5 per cent.

8PM: A 4.6 swing to the LNP has Terry Young on 53.8 per cent of the vote, compared to Labor incumbent Susan Lamb on 46.2 per cent of the vote.

8.40PM: The LNP is on a 4.2 per cent swing to them, with candidate Terry Young on 53.5 per cent of the vote. Labor’s Susan Lamb is on 46.5 per cent.

MIDNIGHT: LNP’s Terry Young gains Longman

MARANOA

Outback Queensland, including Longreach, Winton and Barcaldine, about 731,297sq km

104,458 electors

Current MP: David Littleproud (LNP)

Candidates: Linda Little (ALP), David Littleproud (LNP), Anthony Wallis (KAP), Julie Marie Saunders (UAP), Darren Lee Christiansen (FACNP),Rosemary Moulden (PHON), Emmeline Chidley (Greens).

Margin: 17.6 per cent

7.15PM: Early call is the LNP retains the seat with David Littleproud on 73.5 per cent of the vote after 15 per cent counted.

8PM: The LNP’s David Littleproud is on 72.4 per cent of the vote, with a 6.5 per cent swing to him. One Nation’s Rosemary Moulden is on 27. 6 per cent of the vote.

8.25PM: David Littleproud has retained the seat for the LNP.

MCPHERSON

Includes part of the Gold Coast, about 230sq km

108,290 electors

Current MP: Karen Andrews (LNP)

Candidates: Aaron Santelises (ALP), Scott Crowe (LDP), Michael Kaff (Ind), Alan Quinn (Greens), Karen Andrews (LNP), Sean Gordon Gaffy(FACNP), Renee Stewart (AJP), Fiona Kay MacKenzie (UAP), John Spellman (PHON).

Margin: 11.7 per cent

7.15PM: Sitting MP Karen Andrews has a 2 per cent swing toward her with 63.6 per cent of the vote.

8PM: The LNP’s sitting MP Karen Andrews has suffered a .4 per swing against her, but is on 61.2 per cent of the vote, compared to the ALP’s Aaron Santelises on 38.8 per cent.

8.40PM: The LNP’s Karen Andrews is on 61.3 per cent of the vote, suffering a .4 per cent swing to the Labor Party, whose candidate Aaron Santelises is on 38.7 per cent.

9PM: Karen Andrews has retained the seat for the LNP

MONCRIEFF

The heart of the Gold Coast, about 92sq km

110,131 electors

Current MP: Steve Ciobo (LNP) – not contesting

Candidates: Karla Freeman (AJP), Angie Bell (LNP), Vanessa Sibson (PHON), Sally Spain (Greens), Garry Paul Eilola (UAP), Darren AlanLong (FACNP), Tracey Bell (ALP), S. Gryphon (LDP), Aaron Nieass (FACNP).

Margin: 14.6 per cent

7.15PM: The seat of retiring LNP MP Steve Ciobo, the ALP has made up some ground with ALP’s Tracey Bell scoring a 4.6 per cent swing. She remains behind LNP’s Angie Bell who is sitting on 60 per cent of the vote.

8.05PM: The LNP’s Angie Bell is on 65.2 per cent of the vote with a .6 per cent swing, compared to the ALP’s Tracey Bell on 34.8 per cent.

8.40PM: The LNP has had a .4 per cent swing to it, with candidate Angie Bell on 65 per cent of the vote. Labor’s Tracey Bell is on 35 per cent.

9PM: Angie Bell has retained the seat vacated by Steve Ciobo for the LNP

MORETON

The seat takes in south west Brisbane suburbs including Archerfield, Fairfield, Graceville, Kuraby, MacGregor, Oxley, Rocklea, Stretton, Sunnybank, Yeronga, and Yeerongpilly. It covers 109sq km.

97,782 electors

Current MP: Graham Perrett (ALP)

Candidates: Graham Perrett (ALP), Patsy O’Brien (Greens), William Lawrence (PHON), Angela Owen (LNP), Jenny-Rebecca Brown (UAP).

Margin: 4.1 per cent

7.20PM: Early calls by analysts that Labor’s Graham Perrett will retain. He suffered a 1.3 per cent swing against him but is sitting on 52.7 per cent of the vote.

8.05PM: The ALP’s Graham Perrett is on 53.8 per cent of the vote, while the LNP’s Angela Owen is on 46.2 per cent of the vote, with a .2 per cent swing against the party.

8.45PM: The LNP has experience a 1.2 per cent swing to it, with candidate Angela Owen on 47.2 per cent of the vote. The ALP incumbent Graham Perrett is on 52.8 per cent.

MIDNIGHT: Labor’s Graham Perrett retains

OXLEY

Southwest of Brisbane, covering part of Ipswich and Logan. It is 159sq km.

94,997 electors

Current MP: Milton Dick (ALP)

Candidates: Russell Bauer (LNP), Steven Purcell (Greens), Milton Dick (ALP), Ian Maurice Ferguson (UAP), Janet Lindbom (PHON), Mike Head(SEA), Scott Moerland (FACNP).

Margin: 9.1 per cent

7.20PM: Early counting shows a 9.6 per cent swing toward LNP’s Russell Bauer, sitting on 50.5 per cent of the vote.

8.05PM: The Labor Party’s sitting member Milton Dick is on 57.9 per cent of the vote, with a 1.1 per cent swing running against the LNP, whose candidate Russell Bauer is on 42.1 per cent of the vote.

8.45PM: Labor’s Milton Dick is on 57.6 per cent of the vote, with a 1.4 per cent swing to the LNP, whose candidate Russell Bauer is on 42.4 per cent.

9PM: Labor’s Milton Dick has retained the seat for the ALP.

PETRIE

Northern suburbs and Moreton Bay seat including Deception Bay, North Lakes, Scarborough, Bracken Ridge and Bridgeman Downs. 152sq km

105,000 electors

Current MP: Luke Howarth (LNP)

Candidates: Troy Hopkins (UAP), Luke Howarth (LNP), Nikhil Aai Reddy (PHON), Corinne Mulholland (ALP), Neville John Fowler (FACNP), JasonKennedy (Greens).

Margin: 1.7 per cent

7.20PM: Early calls that Petrie will be retained by LNP’s Luke Howarth with a 6.5 per cent swing toward him, sitting on 58.2 per cent of the vote.

8.05PM: The sitting member, the LNP’s Luke Howarth is on 58. 1 per cent of the vote, with a 6.4 per cent swing to him. The Labor Party’s Corinne Mulholland is on 41.9 per cent.

8.45PM: LNP MP Luke Howarth is on 58.1 per cent of the vote, with a 6.4 per cent swing to the party. Labor’s Corinne Mulholland is on 41.9 per cent of the vote.

9PM: Luke Howarth has retained the seat for the LNP.

RANKIN

Includes outer southern Brisbane suburbs and Logan City, covering 131sq km.

101,700 electors

Current MP: Jim Chalmers (ALP)

Candidates: Jim Chalmers (ALP), Shyamal Reddy (UAP), Neil Cotter (Greens), Jesse Schneider (PHON), Peter James Andrews (FACNP), Ric Davies(LDP), Clinton Pattison (LNP), Yusuf Mohammad (Ind).

Margin: 11.3 per cent

7.20PM: Labor’s Jim Chalmers has an early 0.6 per cent swing toward him and is sitting comfortably on 61.9 per cent of the vote.

8.10PM: The ALP’s Jim Chalmers is on 59.6 per cent of the vote while the LNP’s Clinton Pattison is on 40.4 per cent, with a 1.7 per cent swing against the party.

8.45PM: Labor’s Jim Chalmers is on 58.5 per cent of the vote, despite a 2.8 per cent swing to the LNP, whose candidate Clinton Pattison is on 41.5 per cent of the vote.

9PM: Labor’s Jim Chalmers has retained the seat of Rankin.

RYAN

Brisbane’s western suburbs, about 440sq km

104,902 electors

Current MP: Jane Prentice (LNP) – not contesting

Candidates: Peter Cossar (ALP), Larry Edward Crouch (UAP), Joanne Webb (AJP), Rodney Miles (PHON), Julian Simmonds (LNP), Jake Schoermer(Greens), Andrew Banks (FACNP).

Margin: 9.1 per cent

7.20PM: LNP suffering a six per cent away from candidate Julian Simmonds who is sitting on 52.1 per cent of the vote.

8.10PM: The LNP’s Julian Simmonds is on 54.1 per cent of the vote, even with a 4.9 per cent swing against the party. Labor’s Peter Coassar is on 45.9 per cent of the vote.

8.50PM: The LNP’s Julian Simmonds is on 55.4 per cent of the vote, despite a 3.5 per cent swing to Labor. ALP candidate Peter Cossar is on 44.6 per cent.

9.05PM: Julian Simmonds has retained the seat for the LNP.

WIDE BAY

Diverse electorate. Includes Noosa, Gympie and Cherbourg, about 14,573

106,497 (as of December 31, 2018)

Current MP: Llew O’Brien (LNP)

Candidates: Daniel Bryard (Greens), Jason Scanes (ALP), Andrew Schebella (UAP), Llew O’Brien (LNP), Tim Jerome (Ind), Jasmine Smith (FACNP),Aaron Vico (PHON).

Margin: 8.3 per cent

7.20PM: Early calls that the LNP will retain with a 5.9 per cent swing toward it and Llew O’Brien on 64 per cent of the vote.

8.10PM: The LNP’s Llew O’Brien is on 63.6 per cent of the vote with a 5.4 per cent swing to him. Labor’s Jason Scanes is on 36.4 per cent.

8.25PM: Llew O’Brien has retained the seat for the LNP.

WRIGHT

Rural in south and west of Brisbane, about 7600sq km.

110,130 electors (as of December 31, 2018).

Current MP: Scott Buchholz (LNP)

Candidates: David William Wright (UAP), Shannon Girard (Greens), Innes Larkin (Ind), Pam McCreadie (ALP), Rod Smith (FACNP), MatthewTomlinson (KAP), Chris O’Callaghan (PHON), Scott Buchholz (LNP).

Margin: 9.7 per cent

7.20PM: Early calls that LNP will retain with 3.5 per cent swing toward Scott Buchholz who has 63.1 per cent of the vote.

8.10PM: The LNP’s Scott Buchholz has 64.1 per cent of the vote, with a 4.5 per cent swing to him, while the ALP’s Pam McCreadie is on 35. 9 per cent.

8.30PM: Scott Buchholz has retained the seat for the LNP.

(LNP: Liberal National Party; ALP: Australian Labor Party; KAP: Katter’s Australian Party; PHON: Pauline Hanson’s One Nation;UAP: United Australia Party; FACNP: Fraser Anning’s Conservative National Party; LDP: Liberal Democratic Party; DLP: DemocraticLabour Party; AJP: Animal Justice Party; LAOL: Love Australia or Leave; AFP: Australia First Party; AP: Australian Progressives;Ind: Independent)