Thirty seats have now been declared in the Queensland election, with vote counters planning to pull an all-nighter in at least one seat in an effort to get a final result.
The Electoral Commission of Queensland has told AAP the count in the seat of Macalister was scheduled to continue into Tuesday evening.
"We're very committed to bringing the results in as quickly as possible, especially in those tight seats," a spokeswoman said.
"Macalister and Maiwar are probably two of the tightest seats in the state. We would expect to see preference distributions up on the ECQ website by 9 or 10 o'clock (Wednesday) morning."
Labor already counts Macalister as part of its projected 47 seats which would give it a razor-thin majority in the new 93-seat parliament, however the vote there will come down to the wire, with preference flows potentially helping independent candidate Hetty Johnston.
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Preferences will also play a key role in Maiwar, where the LNP's Scott Emerson will be ousted by either Labor or the Greens, depending on who comes second in the race and therefore gets the bulk of the third-place-candidate's preferences.
Late on Tuesday Greens candidate Michael Berkman was leading Labor's Ali King by 71 votes.
Thirty seats have now been formally declared by the electoral commission of Queensland, the latest a batch of eight on Tuesday afternoon which included LNP leader Tim Nicholls' seat of Clayfield, and KAP leader Rob Katter's seat of Traeger.
KAP currently has one declared seat from a predicted three, while Labor has 17 on its way to a projected 47 and the LNP 12 ahead of a predicted 39.
Nearly 90 per cent of the state-wide first-preference vote has now been counted, and the ECQ hopes to have a final result by the end of the week.
The count is expected to gather pace from Wednesday, with the 6pm Tuesday deadline for postal votes meaning there will be no more fresh influxes of votes in tight races.
Despite being on track for a predicted 47 seats, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has been keeping a low profile as the count drags on. She has not made any public appearances since last Monday when she fronted the cameras during a meeting with the Local Government Association of Queensland, but did not take questions from reporters.
Meanwhile, Mr Nicholls - who has made multiple appearances since the November 25 poll - faces mounting speculation he will be ousted from the opposition's top job, with sources saying he could face a spill this week depending on when the final result is known.
