Qld council elections to be probed

A review into Queensland's council elections will be conducted following complaints about how they were run and how long it has taken for results to be counted.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath will head the review of Saturday's elections.

"A number of people have raised concerns with me about the way ballot papers were issued, the queues and some other issues," Ms Palaszczuk said on Monday.

"Cabinet has decided today to ask the attorney-general to conduct a review of those issues and report back to cabinet within the next week or two."

Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg earlier indicated he'd write to Ms D'Ath to look at the performance of the Electoral Commission of Queensland (ECQ) in conducting the elections.

Mr Springborg said in his own local area of Southern Downs, the first progressive total for councillor votes didn't come through on the ECQ website until Monday morning.

"I think it is fair to say that they were under-prepared ... either because they didn't understand the mammoth nature of the task or that they weren't provided enough resources," Mr Springborg said.

"But you should not expect this sort of under-performance in a first-world democracy like Queensland and I think, in this era of electronic communications, there should have been better and more accurate dissemination of information."

Mr Springborg said he was also concerned about confusing information surrounding postal votes.