Queensland election result 2020: Polls close, counting begins

Labor is on the verge of retaining a majority in the Queensland parliament as vote counting continues in the state election.

With 27 per cent of the vote counted on Saturday, Labor was on track to hold at least 46 seats on the back of a 4.9 per cent swing to Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s team.

The Liberal National Party was likely to hold at least 28 seats.

Labor was polling a primary vote of 38.4 per cent with the Liberal National Party on 34.4 per cent.

A big factor going against the LNP…