About 150,000 people voted early, yesterday, bringing the total number of early voters for the State general election to just under 1.4 million.

Today is the last day of early voting before election day on Saturday 26 October. Mobile polling is visiting 2 final locations today, and visits to declared institutions are also continuing this week.

Over 3.68 million Queenslanders are enrolled to vote in the 2024 State general election to determine the members of the Queensland Parliament for the next 4 years.

For people who haven’t voted early and would like to update their enrolment details they will have until 7pm to do so at the aec.gov.au website. 

KEY INFORMATION

The ECQ will publish daily updates during the voting period, which provide a detailed breakdown of voting figures for each day of the early voting period. This information can be accessed in a spreadsheet available at ecq.qld.gov.au/2024SGE (under ‘Election data’).

Early voting

Early voting is available from 8am to 6pm on weekdays until Friday 25 October 2024. Around 200 early voting centres are available throughout Queensland. Voters can find a convenient voting location at ecq.qld.gov.au/booths. Early voting numbers have been higher than in the 2020 State general election. In 2020, around 1.2 million people had voted after the second Thursday of the early voting period. 

Postal voting

About 690,000 postal votes have been processed by the ECQ and lodged for delivery by Australia Post. This is the confirmed final number of postal votes after all have been processed. This number includes both postal vote requests and special postal voters.

Over 230,000 postal votes have been received by the ECQ. Returned postal votes will be scrutinised progressively. Postal voters have until 6pm on election day to fill out their ballot papers but are encouraged to do this and return them to the ECQ as soon as possible and before Tuesday 5 November 2024.

Voters who have requested a postal vote can choose at any time to vote in person by attending an early voting centre or election day voting centre. If they choose to vote in person, they should dispose of their postal ballot papers safely.

The cut off time for postal vote applications passed at 7pm on Monday 14 October.

The total number of postal votes requested is lower than the 900,000 postal votes issued in 2020, but the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic should be considered in any comparison to the 2020 State general election.

Telephone voting

Telephone voting is available to voters who meet eligibility criteria including an inability to attend a polling place due to illness, impairment or disability.

Nearly 18,000 people have registered to vote by telephone, and around 15,000 have already completed their vote.

Election timetable

• 14-25 October Early voting period

• 26 October Election Day

• 5 November. Last day for return of postal votes to the ECQ

The postal vote application deadline was at 7pm on Monday 14 October. 

Vote counting process

The Electoral Act 1992 does not allow the counting of votes until the polling places close on election day. At 6pm tomorrow, we will begin the count. Results will be updated in real-time on the ECQ website. For more information about the process and timing of vote counting, our fact sheet has all the details.