This is a list of electoral division results for the 2022 Australian federal election in the state of Queensland.
This election was held using instant-runoff voting.
In Queensland in this election, there were two "turn-overs"—the Australian Greens took two seats where the Greens candidate was not leading in the first count. These took place in Brisbane and Ryan.
Overall results +House of Representatives (IRV) – Turnout 88.16% (CV) Party Votes % Swing (pp) Seats Change (seats) Liberal National Party 1,172,515 39.64 −4.06 21 2 Australian Labor Party 811,069 27.42 +0.74 5 1 Australian Greens 382,900 12.94 +2.62 3 3 Pauline Hanson's One Nation 221,640 7.49 −1.37 0 United Australia Party 149,255 5.05 +1.54 0 Katter's Australian Party 55,863 1.89 −0.58 1 Liberal Democratic Party 28,737 0.97 +0.52 0 Animal Justice Party 24,813 0.84 +0.40 0 Informed Medical Options Party 10,894 0.37 +0.37 0 Australian Federation Party 8,195 0.28 +0.28 0 The Great Australian Party 7,775 0.26 +0.26 0 Legalise Cannabis 6,025 0.20 +0.20 0 Australian Values Party 5,470 0.18 +0.18 0 Socialist Alliance 3,729 0.13 +0.08 0 Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party 3,695 0.12 +0.12 0 TNL 1,971 0.07 +0.07 0 Fusion 930 0.03 +0.03 0 Australian Progressives 606 0.02 −0.01 0 Independent 61,944 2.09 +0.82 0 Total 2,958,026 100.00 – 30 Invalid/blank votes 128,732 4.17 −0.78 – – Turnout 3,086,758 88.16 –3.06 – – Registered voters 3,501,287 – – – – Two-party-preferred vote 1,598,802 54.05 –4.39 – – 1,359,224 45.95 +4.39 – – Source: AEC for both votes and seats
Results by division Blair
Bonner
Bowman
Brisbane
Capricornia
Dawson
The sitting member, George Christensen, was elected as a Liberal National, but resigned from the party in 2022, subsequently joining One Nation and contested a Senate seat.
Dickson
Fadden
Fairfax
Fisher
Flynn
Forde
Griffith
Groom
Herbert
Hinkler
Kennedy
Leichhardt
Lilley
Longman
Maranoa
McPherson
Moncrieff
Moreton
Oxley
Petrie
Rankin
Ryan
Wide Bay
Wright
Analysis Unlike other states, the Coalition had a higher number of seats and a higher two-party-preferred vote (as well a higher first-preference vote) in Queensland than Labor. Queensland is a conservative state federally (despite having an incumbent Labor government) and Labor has only won Queensland's two-party-preferred vote in three of the 21 federal elections since 1949: 1951, 1990 and 2007. In 2007, the Labor Party had a leader from Queensland, Kevin Rudd. Labor did, however, increase both its first-preference vote and its two-party-preferred vote statewide.
While the LNP's primary vote decreased and Labor's slightly increased, Labor still had a lower primary vote in Queensland than any other state or territory except Tasmania.
The fact that the Coalition won more seats in Queensland than Labor is due to the fact that Queensland, unlike most other states, has more people outside its state capital (Brisbane) than inside it, despite Brisbane being by far the largest city in Queensland. The Coalition is dominant in regional Australia (particularly regional New South Wales and Queensland) and the outer-suburbs, while Labor is dominant in the inner-city.
Despite Queensland being generally more conservative than other states, the Greens managed to win three inner-city seats in Brisbane: two from the LNP (Brisbane and Ryan) and one from Labor (Griffith). However, these were the only seats that changed hands. Notably, there were also no teal independents that ran in any Queensland seats, unlike most other states (i.e. New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory).
Regional Queensland on the other hand remained unchanged. The LNP still holds every Queensland seat outside Brisbane except Kennedy, which is held by Bob Katter, the founder of the conservative Katter's Australian Party (KAP).
One Nation's vote, although decreased since the last election, was slightly higher than it was at the 2020 Queensland state election, at 7.49%.
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