| Election Name: | 1972 Queensland state election |
| Country: | Queensland |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1969 Queensland state election |
| Previous Year: | 1969 |
| Next Election: | 1974 Queensland state election |
| Next Year: | 1974 |
| Seats For Election: | All 82 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 42 Assembly seats were needed for a majority |
| Turnout: | 92.41 (0.64 pp) |
| Leader1: | Joh Bjelke-Petersen |
| Leader Since1: | 8 August 1968 |
| Colour1: | 006946 |
| Party1: | Country–Liberal Coalition |
| Leaders Seat1: | Barambah |
| Popular Vote1: | 383,000 |
| Percentage1: | 42.23% |
| Swing1: | 2.47 |
| Last Election1: | 45 seats, 44.70% |
| Seats1: | 47 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Leader2: | Jack Houston |
| Party2: | Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) |
| Leaders Seat2: | Bulimba |
| Popular Vote2: | 424,002 |
| Percentage2: | 46.75% |
| Swing2: | 1.76 |
| Last Election2: | 31 seats, 44.99% |
| Seats2: | 33 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Image3: | QLP |
| Leader3: | No leader |
| Party3: | Queensland Labor |
| Popular Vote3: | 69,757 |
| Percentage3: | 7.69% |
| Swing3: | 0.46 |
| Last Election3: | 1 seat, 7.24% |
| Seats3: | 0 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Premier | |
| Before Election: | Joh Bjelke-Petersen |
| Before Party: | Country/Liberal coalition |
| After Election: | Joh Bjelke-Petersen |
| After Party: | Country/Liberal coalition |
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 27 May 1972 to elect the 82 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.[1]
The Country-Liberal Coalition won its sixth consecutive victory since it won government in 1957 and also its second victory under Joh Bjelke-Petersen.
| Date | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 18 April 1972 | The Legislative Assembly was dissolved. | |
| 18 April 1972 | Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election. | |
| 27 April 1972 | Close of nominations. | |
| 27 May 1972 | Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.[2] | |
| 20 June 1972 | The Bjelke-Petersen Ministry was reconstituted. | |
| 24 June 1972 | The writ was returned and the results formally declared. | |
| 10 July 1972 | Deadline for return of the writs. | |
| 1 August 1972 | Parliament resumed for business. |
See also: Results of the Queensland state election, 1972. |}
| Seat | Pre-1972 | Swing | Post-1972 | ||||||||
| Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||||
| Albert ¶ | Liberal | Bill Heatley | 0.5 | -4.6 | 4.1 | Bill D'Arcy | Labor | ||||
| Ipswich | Labor | notional - new seat | 4.5 | -5.7 | 1.2 | Llew Edwards | Liberal | ||||
| Mackay | Labor | Ed Casey | 6.7 | -20.1 | 13.4 | Ed Casey | Independent | ||||