As Labor all but claimed victory on Sunday afternoon, both the major and minor parties were still sweating on the results of a dozen undecided electorates across Queensland.
Annastacia Palaszczuk's team has won 43 seats in the 93 seat parliament and is leading in four of the undecided electorates, enough to get it to the 47 seats needed to form a majority.
However, a definitive result could still be several days away, as many seats will come down to preferences on pre-poll and postal votes.
An Electoral Commission Queensland spokeswoman said both pre-poll and postal votes are significantly up on the 2015 election, with more than 800,000 people voting before election day.
She said absentee votes, including those lodged in nine overseas booths, also proved a logistical problem with those needed to be transported to their electorates before they can be counted.
The count has also been complicated by One Nation's decision to preference the Greens last and all sitting MPs second last, and the reintroduction of compulsory preferential voting.
Of the undecided seats, Labor looks likely to claim Aspley in Brisbane's north and Gaven on the Gold Coast, as well as Cook in far north Queensland.
It is also neck and neck for second place with the Greens in the inner-Brisbane seat of Maiwar, a position that, if retained, should see the party wrest the seat from Shadow Treasurer Scott Emerson on preferences.
However, it has fallen behind in Bonney, on the Gold Coast and Pumicestone, north of Brisbane, which it had been hopeful of winning.
It also appeared set to lose Mirani in central Queensland to One Nation, while Townsville remained on a knife edge and the seat of Rockhampton, long a Labor stronghold, was at risk of falling to independent Margaret Strelow.
Meanwhile, Katter's Australia Party looks likely to pick up the seat of Hinchinbrook from the LNP although the party is ahead in Whitsunday, with Burdekin still too close to call.
Despite the final results possibly being days away, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says she'll be back at her desk on Monday, confident Labor will be able to govern in its own right.
"I am confident of a Labor majority," she told reporters at a park in her electorate of Inala on Sunday.
Ms Palaszczuk and Labor officials are confident the party would get at least 47 seats.
She has flagged spending more time out of the southeast region, after a campaign that saw her in and out of many regional seats.
"I think we need a new level of engagement as well. I will be talking to my colleagues about how we can better talk to Queenslanders about the things that we do and the things that matter to them."
The result sees Ms Palaszczuk make history by becoming the first woman to win a second election as premier in Australia.
