Terri Butler retained the seat for Labor with a 51.8 (−1.2) percent two-party vote against Liberal National Party candidate Bill Glasson.

[1] Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced on 13 November 2013 that he would step down from the parliament after his party's defeat at the 2013 election.

Rudd's support was highest in Griffith at the 2007 election with 62.3 percent of the two-party vote when he led Labor to government.

[15] Queensland federal statewide Newspoll conducted from October to December 2013 indicated a three percent two-party swing from the LNP to Labor since the 2013 election,[16] while Nielsen conducted in November 2013 indicated a 12 percent two-party swing from the LNP to Labor.

The ABC's Antony Green said at 8pm on election night that Terri Butler had retained the seat for Labor.