Division of Maranoa

[1] In the 2016 and 2019 federal elections, Pauline Hanson's One Nation finished ahead of Labor on preference count, reaching a peak in 2016 with 17.82% of the primary vote.

Originally a safe Labor seat, it has been in National hands for all but three years since a 1921 by-election, and without interruption since 1943.

At the 2016 and 2019 federal elections, One Nation overtook Labor for second place after preferences were distributed.

The seat was nicknamed the 'Kingdom of Maranoa' by John Howard after it returned the highest 'No' vote in the 1999 referendum on Australia becoming a republic.

[3] 24 years later, in the Indigenous Voice referendum, the seat would again return the highest 'No' vote against the proposition; earning it the new nickname 'The No Capital of Australia'.

The Maranoa River , the division's namesake
Alluvial diagram for preference flows in the seat of Maranoa in the 2022 federal election . The winning candidate got over 50% of first preference votes, so this alluvial diagram is indicative only, and preference flows were not used to determine the final result. The preference flows were used to determine the two-candidate-preferred .