Queensland state election, 1992

Queensland state election, 1992

1989 ← 19 September 1992 (1992-09-19) → 1995

All 89 seats in the Queensland Legislative Assembly   First party Second party Third party   Leader Wayne Goss Rob Borbidge Joan Sheldon Party Labor National Liberal Leader since 2 March 1988 (1988-03-02) 11 December 1991 (1991-12-11) 11 November 1991 (1991-11-11) Leader's seat Logan Surfers Paradise Caloundra Last election 54 seats 27 seats 8 seats Seats won 54 seats 26 seats 9 seats Seat change 0 1 1 Percentage 48.73% 23.71% 20.44% Swing 1.59 0.38 0.62

Premier before election Wayne Goss Labor Elected Premier Wayne Goss Labor

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 19 September 1992 to elect the 89 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

The Australian Labor Party led by Wayne Goss was reelected for a second term with a strong majority government. The election effectively confirmed the status quo, although the ALP lost a small percentage of votes and seats.

This was the first election in many decades in which a zonal system of electoral representation did not exist. The previous parliament legislated for a "one vote one value" electoral redistribution in which almost all the 89 electoral districts were to have similar numbers of electors (within a 10% margin of the mean); the only exceptions were electorates that had areas of at least 100,000 square kilometres; the number of electors in each of these electorates was increased by 2% of the total area of the electorate expressed in square kilometres for the purposes of ensuring that the number of electors in that electorate was within 10% of the mean enrolment.

Although Labor suffered a small swing against it in north Queensland, this was slightly masked by the abolition of the zonal system.

Key dates

Date	Event
25 August 1992	Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
29 August 1992	Close of electoral rolls.
1 September 1992	Close of nominations.
19 September 1992	Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
24 September 1992	The Goss Ministry was reconstituted.
31 October 1992	The writ was returned and the results formally declared.

Results

Queensland state election, 19 September 1992 Legislative Assembly << 1989 — 1995 >>
Enrolled Voters		1,951,675
Votes Cast		1,785,403		Turnout	91.48%	+0.30%
Informal Votes		40,242		Informal	2.25%	–0.75%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	850,480	48.73%	–1.59%	54	± 0
	National	413,772	23.71%	–0.38%	26	– 1
	Liberal	356,640	20.44%	–0.62%	9	+ 1
	Confederate Action	23,510	1.35%	+1.35%	0	± 0
	Greens	11,463	0.66%	+0.33%	0	± 0
	Indigenous People's Party	6,431	0.37%	+0.37%	0	± 0
	Democrats	5,774	0.33%	–0.09%	0	± 0
	Independent	77,091	4.42%	+1.20%	0	± 0
Total		1,745,161			89

See also

• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1989–1992
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1992–1995
• Goss Ministry