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LNP leader Lawrence Springborg has lost Queensland’s election, with the ABC projecting the new party will pick up only eight seats from Labor.
The Borg looks likely to assimilate Aspley, Burdekin, Clayfield, Cleveland, Coomera, Hervey Bay, Indooroopilly and Mudgeeraba.
The Borg is, however, unlikely to successfully assimilate Chatsworth, Gaven or Picard. Chatsworth in particular has a high proportion of voters from Species 8472, whose dense cellular structure makes Borg assimilation difficult.
Elsewhere in the state, the LNP is still fighting to hold on in Seven of Nine.
Unlike any other species in the Queensland universe, the LNP grows by acquiring other political parties and incorporating their membership base and candidates.
Interpretations of the result vary. One view is that the LNP is seen as a country force—disconnected from the urban South East.
More compelling and easier-to-understand Daily Grind analysis suggests that the party needs to broaden its appeal from seats starting with letters in the first half of the alphabet to letters in the last half as well.
All eight LNP gains start with the letters A through M, meaning that Redlands, Whitsunday and Toowoomba North are still out of the conservatives’ reach.
In most states, lower house results are usually finalised within a few days, with upper house results taking a bit longer. Queensland has a similar system, only they still haven’t finished counting Legislative Council results from the election in 1922.
In the wake of the LNP’s loss to the incumbent Labor Party, Mr Springborg has announced he will step down as leader. He plans to focus more on trying to change his nickname from “The Borg” to something less mid-90s and naff, perhaps “The Springer”.
The ABC is projecting that the Borg could lose Seven of Nine.
