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Jarrod Bleijie used his first press conference as Queensland’s new Deputy Premier to boast about the LNP’s election result and predict the party will claim “at a minimum, 53 seats” in the next parliament.

“Now, if this trajectory continues, even with the 53 seats, the Liberal National Party will form a majority government with more seats than the Labor Party achieved at the 2020 COVID election,” Bleijie said.

“And I’ve seen a lot of interesting commentary on election night from the Labor Party, and Labor former ministers, in terms of their result.”

The LNP is on track to claim at least 48 seats, ahead of Labor’s 30, with 10 seats still in doubt. Forty-seven seats are needed for a majority.

Bleijie also extolled his party’s success in inner Brisbane, pointing to the result in the electorate of Maiwar where there …