| Election Name: | 1980 Queensland state election |
| Country: | Queensland |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1977 Queensland state election |
| Previous Year: | 1977 |
| Next Election: | 1983 Queensland state election |
| Next Year: | 1983 |
| Seats For Election: | All 82 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 42 Assembly seats were needed for a majority |
| Turnout: | 88.93 (2.42 pp) |
| Leader1: | Joh Bjelke-Petersen |
| Leader Since1: | 8 August 1968 |
| Colour1: | 006946 |
| Party1: | National–Liberal Coalition |
| Leaders Seat1: | Barambah |
| Popular Vote1: | 644,534 |
| Percentage1: | 54.86% |
| Swing1: | 2.49 |
| Last Election1: | 59 seats, 52.37% |
| Seats1: | 57 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Leader2: | Ed Casey |
| Party2: | Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) |
| Leaders Seat2: | Mackay |
| Popular Vote2: | 487,493 |
| Percentage2: | 41.49% |
| Swing2: | 1.34 |
| Last Election2: | 23 seats, 42.83% |
| Seats2: | 25 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Premier | |
| Before Election: | Joh Bjelke-Petersen |
| Before Party: | National/Liberal coalition |
| After Election: | Joh Bjelke-Petersen |
| After Party: | National/Liberal coalition |
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 29 November 1980 to elect the 82 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.
The election resulted in a fifth consecutive victory for the National-Liberal Coalition under Joh Bjelke-Petersen. It was the ninth victory of the National Party in Queensland since it first came to office in 1957.
The election saw little change from the 1977 election. The Coalition Government was returned to office, although Labor gained two seats and the Liberals lost two. The Liberal decline continued, and tensions between the Coalition parties increased.
| Date | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 27 October 1980 | The Parliament was dissolved. | |
| 27 October 1980 | Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election. | |
| 7 November 1980 | Close of nominations. | |
| 29 November 1980 | Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. | |
| 23 December 1980 | The Bjelke-Petersen Ministry was reconstituted. | |
| 10 January 1981 | The writ was returned and the results formally declared. | |
| 3 March 1981 | Parliament resumed for business. |
See also: Results of the Queensland state election, 1980. |}
| Seat | Pre-1980 | Swing | Post-1980 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||||
| Lockyer | Liberal | Tony Bourke | 22.5 | -28.8 | 6.3 | Tony FitzGerald | National | ||||
| Mourilyan | National | Vicky Kippin | 0.3 | -1.6 | 1.3 | Bill Eaton | Labor | ||||
| Southport | Liberal | Peter White | 9.8 | -11.9 | 2.1 | Doug Jennings | National | ||||
| Surfers Paradise | Liberal | Bruce Bishop | 5.7 | -13.6 | 7.9 | Rob Borbidge | National | ||||
| Townsville West | National | Max Hooper | 0.9 | -5.3 | 4.4 | Geoff Smith | Labor | ||||