While a majority LNP government is likely, it is not guaranteed.
Successive polls had pointed to a Labor wipeout, but the LNP has not enjoyed the blue-wash many had predicted.At the close of counting tonight, Nine has called 44 seats for the LNP, 32 seats for Labor, 3 seats for Katter's Austrlian Party, and one Independent, with 14 in doubt.David Crisafulli kisses his wife after claiming victory for the LNP in Queensland. "We asked Queenslanders to choose hope over fear and they did," he said.
Nine political editor Charles Croucher noted the speech was gracious, and the "speech of a Premier". "We will know more as counting continues in coming days, many seats remain too close to call," Miles said, flanked by his family on stage at the Murrumba Tavern."It was always going to be a challenging election for Labor but I have no regrets about the campaign or indeed my last 10 months as Premier."
Health minister Shannon Fentiman said it had undoubtedly been a "tough night for Labor" but that Miles had earned the right to stay on as opposition leader.
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