Labor has claimed victory in Queensland, but some seats are yet to be decided
Labor may have won the Queensland election, but just how many seats it will have in the next parliament remains unknown.
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All eyes will be on about eight undecided seats when vote counting in the Queensland state election resumes on Sunday morning.
But the result is already clear, with Labor to be reinstated for a third straight term.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk claimed victory on Saturday night after easily surpassing the 47 seats required to form government.
The Electoral Commission Queensland will resume counting on Sunday morning and the LNP could wind up with fewer seats in the next parliament than the last.
Ms Palaszczuk’s red army declared victory in 50 seats on Saturday night, with about two-thirds of the primary votes counted.
Several of the seats in doubt are in southeast Queensland, including Burleigh, Coomera and Currumbin.
The LNP is ahead in all three seats on the Gold Coast although Labor has made gains in each electorate.
Labor had a 3.6 per cent increase in its primary vote in Burleigh, according to the ABC, which was the largest increase of the three undecided seats on the Gold Coast.
The issue of border closures loomed large on the Gold Coast, where a number of tourism businesses were forced to close or did it tough with little-to-no interstate or international visitors for months on end.
Re-opening the border was one of the LNP’s catchcries.
Labor has made inroads on the LNP in the Brisbane seat of Chatsworth, where the LNP are currently leading.
A similar situation is afoot in the electorate of Glass House.
Labor leads in the undecided seat of Bundaberg, where its primary vote improved by 5.3 per cent; Hervey Bay, where it grew by 12.3 per cent; and Nicklin with a 5.5 per cent swing.
Among the biggest results of the night was former deputy premier Jackie Trad being booted out of Queensland’s parliament.
The Greens claimed victory in Ms Trad’s South Brisbane inner-city seat.
Greens candidate Amy MacMahon pocketed 38.5 per cent of the vote compared to Ms Trad’s 34.7 per cent and the LNP’s Clem Grehan’s 22.5 per cent, with more than half the votes counted.
The seat had traditionally been a Labor stronghold having only conceded two election losses since 1950.
Originally published as Labor has claimed victory in Queensland, but some seats are yet to be decided