1972 Queensland state election
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 27 May 1972 to elect the 82 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.
The Country-Liberal Coalition won its sixth consecutive victory since it won government in 1957 and also its second victory under Joh Bjelke-Petersen.Results
Seats changing hands
| COUNTRY/LIBERAL SEATS | - | - | - |
| Marginal | - | - | - |
| Murrumba | Des Frawley | CP | 1.0% |
| Ipswich | Llewellyn Edwards | LIB | 1.2% |
| Kurilpa | Clive Hughes | LIB | 1.5% |
| Condamine | Vic Sullivan | CP | 1.8% v IND |
| Mansfield | Bill Kaus | LIB | 2.0% |
| Wavell | Arthur Crawford | LIB | 2.0% |
| Hinchinbrook | Ted Row | CP | 2.5% |
| Mount Gravatt | Geoff Chinchen | CP | 2.5% |
| Gregory | Wally Rae | CP | 2.6% |
| Maryborough | Gilbert Alison | LIB | 3.8% |
| Nundah | William Knox | LIB | 3.9% |
| Yeronga | Norm Lee | LIB | 4.3% |
| Ashgrove | Douglas Tooth | LIB | 4.8% |
| Greenslopes | Keith Hooper | LIB | 5.0% |
| Chatsworth | Bill Hewitt | LIB | 5.1% |
| Windsor | Bob Moore | LIB | 5.1% |
| Redcliffe | Jim Houghton | CP | 5.4% |
| Ithaca | Col Miller | LIB | 5.6% |
| Carnarvon | Henry McKechnie | CP | 5.9% |
| Fairly Safe | - | - | - |
| Whitsunday | Ron Camm | CP | 6.9% |
| Clayfield | John Murray | LIB | 8.2% |
| Aspley | Fred Campbell | LIB | 8.3% |
| Mulgrave | Roy Armstrong | CP | 8.4% |
| Merthyr | Don Lane | LIB | 9.1% |
| Burdekin | Val Bird | CP | 9.2% |
| Surfers Paradise | Bruce Small | CP | 9.6% |
| Flinders | Bill Longeran | CP | 9.7% |
| Gympie | Max Hodges | CP | 9.7% |
| Sherwood | John Herbert | LIB | 9.8% |
| Safe | - | - | - |
| Callide | Lindsay Hartwig | CP | 10.3% |
| Townsville | Norman Scott-Young | LIB | 11.5% |
| Warwick | David Cory | CP | 11.5% |
| South Coast | Russ Hinze | CP | 11.7% |
| Mirani | Tom Newbery | CP | 12.1% |
| Lockyer | Gordon Chalk | LIB | 12.2% |
| Toowong | Charles Porter | LIB | 13.0% |
| Auburn | Neville Hewitt | CP | 13.4% |
| Roma | Ken Tomkins | CP | 14.0% |
| Balonne | Don Neal | CP | 15.6% |
| Fassifern | Selwyn Muller | CP | 15.7% |
| Landsborough | Michael Ahern | CP | 15.7% |
| Cooroora | David Low | CP | 15.8% |
| Mount Coot-tha | Bill Lickiss | LIB | 16.0% |
| Somerset | Bill Gunn | CP | 16.3% |
| Burnett | Claude Wharton | CP | 20.5% |
| Barambah | Joh Bjelke-Petersen | CP | 23.7% |
| Cunningham | Alan Fletcher | CP | 26.4% |
