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Queensland state election, 2009

Election NameQueensland state election, 2009
CountryQueensland
Typeparliamentary
Ongoingno
Previous ElectionQueensland state election, 2006
Previous Year2006
Next ElectionNext Queensland state election
Next YearNext
Seats For ElectionAll 89 seats in the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Election Date21 March 2009
Leader1Anna Bligh
Leader Since113 September 2007
Party1Australian Labor Party
Leaders Seat1South Brisbane
Last Election159 seats
Seats151 seats
Seat Change1(-)8
Percentage142.25%
Swing1(-)4.67
Leader2Lawrence Springborg
Leader Since221 January 2008
Party2Liberal National Party of Queensland
Leaders Seat2Southern Downs
Last Election225 seats
Seats234 seats
Seat Change2(+)9
Percentage241.60%
Swing2(+)3.68
TitlePremier
Before ElectionAnna Bligh
Before PartyAustralian Labor Party
After ElectionAnna Bligh
After PartyAustralian Labor Party

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The Queensland state election was held to elect members to the unicameral Parliament of Queensland on 21 March 2009. The election saw the incumbent Labor government led by Premier Anna Bligh defeat the Liberal National Party of Queensland led by Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg, and gain a fifth consecutive term in office for her party. Bligh thus became the first female Premier of any Australian State elected in her own right.

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Date Event
23 February 2009 Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
28 February 2009 Close of electoral rolls.
3 March 2009 Close of nominations.
21 March 2009 Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
26 March 2009 The Bligh Ministry was reconstituted.
7 April 2009 The writ was returned and the results formally declared.

Seat 'Pre-2009' Swing 'Post-2009'
Party Member Margin Margin Member Party
Aspley   Labor Bonny Barry 3.0 -7.5 4.5 Tracy Davis Liberal National  
Burdekin   Labor notional 0.9 -4.0 3.1 Rosemary Menkens Liberal National  
Clayfield   Labor notional 0.2 -6.1 5.8 Tim Nicholls Liberal National  
Cleveland   Labor Phil Weightman 0.5 -1.5 0.3 Mark Robinson Liberal National  
Coomera   Labor notional 8.3 -10.2 1.9 Michael Crandon Liberal National  
Gaven   Labor Phil Gray 3.1 -3.9 0.7 Alex Douglas Liberal National  
Hervey Bay   Labor Andrew McNamara 2.1 -8.6 6.5 Ted Sorensen Liberal National  
Indooroopilly   Greens Ronan Lee N/A -8.6 5.9 Scott Emerson Liberal National  
Mirani   Labor notional 1.2 -1.8 0.6 Ted Malone Liberal National  
Mudgeeraba   Labor Dianne Reilly 2.9 -6.6 3.9 Ros Bates Liberal National  
Redlands   Labor John English 6.8 -6.9 0.1 Peter Dowling Liberal National  

Party Seats Contested
(2009)
Seats Contested
(2006)
Australian Labor Party 89 89
LNP 88 89†
The Greens 89 75
DS4SEQ 32 N/A
Family First 25 26
One Nation 2 4
Independents & Others 72 46

+ Better Premier ratings^
Date Labor
Bligh
Coalition/LNP
Springborg
18 - 19 Mar 2009 53% 33%
27 Feb - 8 Mar 2009 48% 34%
Jan - Feb 2009 48% 31%
Oct - Dec 2008 49% 30%
Jul - Sep 2008 53% 27%
Apr - Jun 2008 60% 24%
Jan - Mar 2008 64% 18%
Oct - Dec 2007 66% 11%2
Jul - Sep 2007 54%1 25%2
Apr - Jun 2007 54%1 19%2
Pre 2006 election 58%1 28%
Pre 2004 election 62%1 22%
Polling conducted by Newspoll and published in The Australian.
^ Remainder were "uncommitted" to either leader.
1 Peter Beattie, 2 Jeff Seeney

+Legislative Assembly opinion polling
Political parties Two party preferred
Dates ALP Lib Nat LNP Grn FFP Oth ALP LNP
18 - 19 Mar 2009 42% 42% 7% 0.5% 8% 49.9% 50.1%
27 Feb - 8 Mar 2009 41% 43% 8% <0.5% 8% 49% 51%
Jan - Feb 2009 42% 41% 7% <0.5% 10% 53% 47%
Oct - Dec 2008 45% 37% 8% <0.5% 10% 57% 43%
Jul - Sep 2008 38% 41% 9% 1% 11% 51% 49%
Apr - Jun 2008 43% 26% 12% 38% 10% <0.5% 9% 55% 45%
Jan - Mar 2008 50% 22% 10% 32% 8% <0.5% 10% 60% 40%
Oct - Dec 2007 50% 26% 9% 35% 6% 1% 8% 59% 41%
Jul - Sep 2007 50% 21% 12% 33% 5% 2% 10% 59% 41%
Apr - Jun 2007 51% 20% 11% 31% 6% 1% 11% 61% 39%
2006 Election 46.9% 20.1% 17.8% 37.9% 8.0% 1.9% 5.3% 55.0% 45.0%
6 - 7 Sep 2006 48% 21% 17% 38% 4% 1% 9% 55% 45%
2004 Election 47% 18.5% 17% 35.5% 6.7% 4.9% 5.9% 55.5% 44.5%
Polling conducted by Newspoll and published in The Australian.

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