2006 Queensland state election

2006 Queensland state election

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All 89 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 45 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	90.47 ( 0.97 pp)
First party Second party Third party   ON Leader Peter Beattie Lawrence Springborg Rosa Lee Long Party Labor National–Liberal Coalition One Nation Leader since 20 February 1996 (1996-02-20) 4 February 2003 7 February 2004 Leader's seat Brisbane Central Southern Downs Tablelands Last election 63 seats, 47.01% 20 seats, 35.46% 1 seat, 4.88% Seats won 59 25 1 Seat change 4 5 Popular vote 1,032,617 834,577 13,207 Percentage 46.92% 37.92% 0.60% Swing 0.09 2.46 4.28 TPP 55.0% 45.0%
The top map shows the first party preference by electorate. The bottom map shows the final two-party preferred vote result by electorate.
Premier before election Peter Beattie Labor Elected Premier Peter Beattie Labor

An election was held in the Australian state of Queensland on 9 September 2006 to elect the 89 members of the state's Legislative Assembly, after being announced by Premier Peter Beattie on 15 August 2006.

The election saw the incumbent Labor government led by Premier Peter Beattie defeat the National-Liberal Coalition led by Lawrence Springborg and Bruce Flegg respectively, and gain a fourth consecutive term in office. Beattie thus became the first Labor Premier of Queensland to win four consecutive elections since William Forgan Smith did so in the 1930s. Had Beattie served out his fourth term, he would have become the second-longest serving Queensland Premier, after Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen. After the election, Springborg resigned as Opposition Leader, being replaced by Jeff Seeney.

This was the last election contested by the Queensland Liberal Party and National Party, who merged to form the Liberal National Party of Queensland on 26 July 2008.