1989 Queensland state election

1989 Queensland state election

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All 89 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 45 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Registered	1,780,785 13.9%
Turnout	1,623,637 (91.18%) (0.07 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Wayne Goss Russell Cooper Angus Innes Party Labor National Liberal Leader since 2 March 1988 25 September 1989 31 January 1988 Leader's seat Logan Roma Sherwood Last election 30 seats, 41.35% 49 seats, 39.64% 10 seats, 16.50% Seats before 29 seats[a] 46 seats[b][c] 11 seats[b] Seats won 54 seats 27 seats 8 seats Seat change 25 19 3 Popular vote 792,466 379,364 331,562 Percentage 50.32% 24.09% 21.05% Swing 8.97 pp 15.55 pp 4.55 pp TPP 53.8% 46.2% TPP swing 7.80 pp 7.80 pp
Winning margin by electorate.
Premier before election Russell Cooper National Elected Premier Wayne Goss Labor

The 1989 Queensland state election was held in the Australian state of Queensland on 2 December 1989 to elect the 89 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. This was the first election following the downfall of eight-term premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen at the end of 1987.

The government was led by Premier and leader of the National Party, Russell Cooper; the opposition was led by Opposition Leader and leader of the Labor Party, Wayne Goss, while the Liberal Party was led by Angus Innes.

The National government, which had been in power since the 1957 election and had governed in its own right since the dissolution of the state coalition at the 1983 election, was defeated; the election was a landslide win for the Labor Party, which gained 24 seats. Labor also won more than 50% of the primary vote. Until 2012, it was the worst defeat of a sitting government in Queensland history.

Since this election, Queensland Labor has won 11 of 12 state elections which have been held since, most recently in 2020.

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