One Nation kinda sucks at elections, hey? Despite predictions it would hold the balance of power in Queensland following last night’s state election, Pauline Hanson’s party has so far failed to pick up a single seat in the poll.

With counting to continue for days, only one seat — the coastal electorate of Mirani — looks likely to fall to One Nation, in another huge setback for the far-right party.

Going into the campaign, Hanson and the state party leader Steve Dickson had boldly predicted that One Nation would hold the balance of power in a hung parliament, meaning they could play kingmakers and get to decide who would form government.

Hi @PaulineHansonOz I am watching #qldvotes on ABC and saw this and thought of you. Even my toilet has more seats than you right now. pic.twitter.com/9KRqy7R4n2

— Kon Karapanagiotidis (@Kon__K) November 25, 2017

At the beginning of the campaign, One Nation was polling in the high twenties or low thirties in some areas,  but the party’s support collapsed during the campaign following a series of gaffes from candidates and questions over preference deals with the LNP opposition.

The party has received just 12% of all first preference votes so far and its leader Steve Dickson, who defected to One Nation from the LNP in the previous term, has lost his seat of Buderim.

Former federal Senator Malcolm Roberts’ attempt to take a state seat after the High Court gave him the boot looks like it has failed too, although Hanson said last night she is still hopeful that preferences will get him across the line.

One Nation Just Keeps Failing

At the beginning of the night, Hanson told AAP that the Queensland election result would “be the real beginning and resurgence of One Nation”. But by the close of counting it was clear that that would not be the case.

Speaking to reporters, Hanson tried to spin the poor result, saying it’s a sign that One Nation is “here to stay”.

“We are polling in the mid-to-high twenties, some [seats] in the 30 per cent. I’m very pleased with that result,” she said. “Overall I think we’ve run a very strong campaign.”

It’s not the first time we’ve seen One Nation’s vote collapse as its candidates come under more scrutiny in the heat of an election campaign.

In the Western Australian state election in March, the party failed to secure a single lower house seat after entering into a controversial preference deal with the Liberal Party. Three One Nation candidates were elected to the state’s upper house, but Queensland doesn’t have an upper house, so that wasn’t an option last night.