A Queensland poll suggests Premier Campbell Newman and more than half his MPs face losing their seats at next year's election.
A ReachTEL poll of voters commissioned by The Sunday Mail and the Seven Network indicated up to 40 of the Liberal National Party's 73 sitting members could be voted out, the Mail reports.
Of almost 1900 Queenslanders asked which of the two main parties would get their vote, 51 per cent chose the LNP and 49 per cent said Labor.
The result suggests an 11.8 per cent swing against the government at the next poll, meaning Labor will win 40 LNP seats, and possibly office.
On primary votes, 38.7 per cent of those polled said they would vote for the LNP, compared to 34.4 per cent for Labor.
The poll showed Clive Palmer's popularity continues to rise after 15.4 per cent indicated they would vote for the Palmer United Party.
The premier's popularity has slipped further, with 53.1 per cent rating his performance poor or very poor.
The LNP catapulted into power in 2012 after winning 78 seats to Labor's seven in a landslide victory.
Support for the party has since eroded amid public service job cuts, controversial law reforms and plans to sell assets.
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