Queensland election as it happened: Labor on track for victory, as Campbell Newman loses Ashgrove

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Labor is on the cusp of a stunning victory in a cliffhanger Queensland election, after securing a double-digit swing that has ended the political career of Premier Campbell Newman.

Labor's Annastacia Palaszczuk says the election result is "too close to call", but she is hopeful of forming government. Her party is on track to claim 45 or 46 of the 89 seats in the state's parliament, after going into the poll holding only nine seats.

Mr Newman, who lost his seat of Ashgrove, told Liberal National Party supporters "my political career is over".

Asked for the federal fallout from the result, federal LNP MP Jane Prentice has told ABC TV that Prime Minister Tony Abbott's leadership rests on his speech to the National Press Club on Monday.

Take a look back at our election day coverage as it happened.

Topics: elections, government-and-politics, qld, australia

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