The LNP has indicated it may challenge the election results in the Queensland seat of Ferny Grove, which could send voters back to the polls within weeks.
LNP president Bruce McIver said on Wednesday the potential ineligibility of Palmer United Party candidate Mark Taverner in the January 31 state poll could affect the results enough to warrant a by-election.
On Wednesday afternoon, Mr Taverner, who is reportedly an undeclared bankrupt, had secured 830 votes.
Labor's Mark Furner was leading LNP incumbent Dale Shuttleworth by 342 votes.
The electoral commission is seeking crown law advice about whether he is eligible, whether there are any precedents, and whether his status should result in a new poll in the seat.
However, Mr McIver said a by-election was the fairest option to all parties.
"We have been gaining votes in Ferny Grove and we all know now that there could be a problem in Ferny Grove with the Palmer candidate, so that is the seat that is in play at the moment," he told ABC radio.
"I understand he has over 800 votes and ... we're 350 or something behind.
"So where would those votes have gone if he wasn't allowed to stand?
"And I think, in fairness to the people of Queensland and Ferny Grove, a by-election could have to come."
Ferny Grove is one of four seats still in doubt.
The LNP has so far won 40 seats, and is expected to secure another two.
Labor is expected to win 44 seats, just shy of the 45 needed to govern in its own right.
One Nation's Pauline Hanson looks unlikely to win the seat of Lockyer, trailing the LNP's Ian Rickuss by more than 1800 votes.
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