A Torres Strait Islander woman has been elected to Queensland Parliament for the first time, giving Annastacia Palaszczuk one more seat towards the 47 Labor needs to win office in its own right.

Thursday Island-born child protection worker Cynthia Lui won the far north Queensland seat of Cook with 39 per cent of the vote, allowing Labor to reclaim the seat it had held with Billy Gordon last term.

Labor MP for Cook Cynthia Lui, Aunty Rose Elu, Communities Minister (and Ministerial Champion for the Torres Strait) Shannon Fentiman and Aunty Ivy Trevallion during the campaign.

At noon on Tuesday Labor had 44 seats, the LNP had 36 seats, Katter’s Australian Party had two seats, One Nation one seat, while independent and former Noosa councillor Sandy Bolton had won the seat of Noosa.

Nine seats are still so close, including Aspley and Maiwar – the old Indooroopilly seat - they are undecided.