Queensland election: Winners and losers

While Queensland's Labor Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk was unable to claim victory the night of the election, she was confident she'd be able to do so soon.

With just over 60 percent of the vote counted on polling day yesterday, Labor had 41 seats to the Liberal National Party's 37. Katter's Australian Party held its two seats. At least 47 seats are needed to form a majority government in the new 93-seat parliament.

Significantly, One Nation will lose its state leader Steve Dickson; Tim Nicholls could be ditched as LNP leader; and LNP frontbencher Scott Emerson is almost certain to lose the new Brisbane seat of Maiwar to the Greens or Labor. 

Nicholls last night challenged Palaszczuk to keep her word about not making deals with minor parties to form government. 

Although counting is still underway and the election result is contingent on preferences and pre-poll votes yet to be counted, early results suggest the following victories and losses, listed by party: 

LABOR

• Palaszczuk is set to be become the first Australian woman to win two elections, but whether she'll acquire majority government remains unclear. The Premier recorded a big 6.6 percent swing to her in her own seat of Inala.

• Jackie Trad claimed victory in her seat of South Brisbane after considerable pressure from Greens hopeful Amy MacMahon. Trad's margin of 14.2 percent was savaged by MacMahon, but the Deputy Premier was saved by preferences from the LNP. 

• Leanne Donaldson, Labor's former agriculture minister, has been left relying on postal votes and preferences to hold off the LNP's David Batt in Bundaberg, three years after securing a stunning win in the same seat.

LNP

• Tim Nicholls could not only lose the party's leadership due to the election result, but the opposition leader also saw a hefty swing against him in his own seat of Clayfield. 

• Scott Emerson will almost certainly lose the newly created seat of Maiwar with preferences likely to deliver a win to Greens candidate Michael Berkman or Labor's Ali King. The Shadow Treasurer was behind 47.4 percent to Berkman's 52.6 percent on two-party preferred terms with 60 percent of the vote counted. 

• Deb Frecklington, LNP deputy leader, has comfortably held her seat of Nanango. She also looks to be the front-runner for opposition leader if the election result costs Nicholls the role. 

• David Crisafulli is back in state parliament after winning the Gold Coast seat of Broadwater for the LNP. The dumped Newman government minister also be among contenders for the party leadership.

• Tracy Davis, Aspley MP, is set to lose the traditional stronghold to Labor hopeful Bart Mellish. With 67 percent of the vote counted, Mellish was ahead at 52 percent on two-party preferred terms to Davis' 47 percent, due to preferences from the Greens - who got 9.54 percent of the primary vote. 

• Ian Walker, Shadow Attorney-General, has not been helped by the electoral redistribution. There's been a 2.5 per cent swing to Labor in his seat of Mansfield, helping Corrine McMillan to victory. 

• Andrew Cripps' future in the north Queensland seat of Hinchinbrook also remains in doubt, with the frontbencher under threat from Katter's Australian Party. 

ONE NATION

• Steve Dickson, the nationalist party's state leader, has lost his seat of Buderim to LNP candidate Brent Mickelberg, in a decisive loss for Pauline Hanson's party. Dickson defected from the LNP to join One Nation in January. 

• Malcolm Roberts, One Nation's Ipswich candidate, has gone from the senate to the political dustbin after his attempt to resurrect his political career ended in defeat in the seat of Ipswich. He ran as a state election candidate after being dumped from the Senate due to dual-citizenship.

• Pauline Hanson, One Nation's federal leader and Senator, was still hopeful the party would pick up a seat. Its best chance is the the marginal Labor seat of Mirani, where One Nation ran Stephen Andrews.

• Jim Savage, Lockyer candidate, said preferences were not looking good for him.

THE GREENS

• Michael Berkman, an environmental lawyer and candidate for Maiwar, could win the new inner Brisbane seat after preferences. Although senior LNP MP Emerson was ahead on primary votes 40.9 percent to Berkman's 28.65 with 60 percent of the vote counted, preference flows from Labor candidate Ali King put Berkman ahead on two-party preferred terms, with 52.6 percent of the vote. 

• Amy MacMahon, the party's South Brisbane hopeful, lost to Deputy Premier Jackie Trad, who nabbed preferences from the LNP. 

KATTER'S AUSTRALIAN PARTY

• Rob Katter, KAP's state leader, has retained his seat of Mount Isa.

• Shane Knuth also looks to win the new seat of Hill. His current seat of Dalrymple will be defunct due to redistribution. 

• Nick Dametto, KAP candidate for the north Queensland seat of Hinchinbrook, is also well-positioned; he is poised to be a powerbroker in a hung parliament

OTHER PARTIES

• Sandy Bolton, the Independent candidate for the Sunshine Coast seat of Noosa, led the way in the primary count last night but will need preferences to fall her way if she's to upset the major parties to claim the seat. 

• Rick Williams was humiliated in his attempt to retain the seat of Pumicestone. The controversial Williams, who was disendorsed by Labor, picked up a mere 4.5 percent of the primary vote. 

With AAP.