Qld election 2020: Labor tipped to win Queensland, latest poll reveals

Labor is tipped to win Queensland’s Saturday election but may need to rely on minor parties to form the next government, a final poll reveals.

Labor is tipped to win Queensland’s Saturday election but may need to rely on minor parties to form the next government, a final poll reveals.

The final Newspoll of the campaign, published in The Weekend Australian newspaper, reveals Labor holds a two-preferred party lead over the LNP, 51.5 per cent to 48.5 per cent.

Labor’s primary vote of 37 per cent has just inched out the LNP’s vote of 36 per cent but the numbers are an improvement from results at the 2017 election.

Townsville, Australia - NewsWire Photos October 31, 2020: Queensland opposition leader Deb Frecklington places her vote at Oonoonba State School on election day. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Sarah Marshall

Both parties are poised to snatch seats from each other in marginal seats as Queenslanders cast their votes today.

LNP Leader Deb Frecklington has already cast her vote in Townsville - a marginal Labor seat that could be a decider in the final count.

LNP leader breaks tradition - casting her ballot outside of her seat of Nanango. @DebFrecklington voting with her husband Jason in Mundingburra this morning @7NewsAustralia @7NewsBrisbane @patricklion #qldpol #QLDvotes2020 pic.twitter.com/CSA34wRlX1

— Marlina Whop (@MarlinaWhop) October 30, 2020

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk speaks during a leaders debate with Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington ahead of the state election on October 31, at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled

47 seats are needed to form a majority government.

Some seats in Labor’s Brisbane heartland, including Grace Grace’s seat of McConnel and former Deputy Premier Jackie Trad’s South Brisbane seat, have come under threat of falling to the Greens.

The LNP is at risk of losing Pumicestone, Currumbin and Caloundra.

State Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington has attacked Ms Palaszczuk multiple times through the campaign over her handling of the borders during the coronavirus pandemic. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Sarah Marshall

Meanwhile, support has fallen for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party, down to 10 per cent from her 2017 results of 13.7 per cent.

The Newspoll results follow consistent polling showing Annastacia Palaszczuk is the preferred Premier over the LNP Leader Deb Frecklington.

Both party leaders have continued to deny they will do any deals to form a minority government.

At the final leader’s debate, Ms Palaszczuk asked voters to stick with “stability” as she continued her attack on Ms Frecklington for wanting the state borders open.

“Queenslanders can trust me because every day I am keeping them safe and doing everything I possibly can to ensure that we do not see what has happened in other parts of the world and what happened in Victoria,” Ms Palaszczuk said.

“That’s what drives me and people know me.”