UPDATE 2.30PM:
Labor candidate Tom Baster said Mr Laming was a tough campaigner.
Policy issues like franking credits and Mr Laming's long tenure in the seat had not helped him peg back M Laming's strong lead.
"He's got good name recognition," Mr Baster said.
Mr Baster said the proposed Toondah Harbour development was not a factor in the election.
Thanking supporters, he predicted that Mr Laming's election promise of $30 million for the Redland Hospital would not be honoured.
UPDATE 7.20AM SUNDAY: The AEC has the LNP on 76 seats, with the ALP trailing on 69.
UPDATE 9pm: AEC has coalition with 60 seats and Labor 55.
ANDREW Laming has claimed victory for the seat of Bowman with the current count showing him to have 57.2 per cent of the preference count.
A total of 63.9 per cent of ballots have been counted.
The ABC is predicting a swing of 2.9 per cent towards the LNP.
The LNP previously held the seat by a margin of 7.1 per cent.
UPDATED 8.30pm
ANDREW Laming is set to win a sixth term in Parliament, with the ABC predicting a 2.6 per cent swing towards the LNP.
With 33.7 per cent of the vote counted, Mr Laming has won 57.3 per cent of the preference count.
UPDATED 7.20pm
The coalition has sprinted to an early lead, with the AEC calling the conservatives with a 1.45 per cent swing nationally.
UPDATED 4.30pm
VOTERS continued to stroll into polling centres around the Redlands throughout the afternoon.
Schools and community groups said the support from voters on election day had been good, with money raised chaplaincy services, P and C groups and other organisations.
Centres are open until 6pm.
See below for a list of centres.
UPDATED 10.30am
THOUSANDS of Bowman residents have turned out to cast their votes as election day kicks off.
Thirty polling centres around the Redlands opened at 8am, with many schools selling sausage sizzles, bacon and egg rolls and coffees to hungry voters.
At BayView State School, a stall selling cupcakes handmade by students and volunteers raised money for Redlands BMX Club members to travel to the world championships in Belgium later this year.
Meanwhile, other stalls raised funds for school P&Cs.
Some dedicated volunteers had been working since 5am.
More than 35,560 Bowman voters skipped their democracy sausage and cast their ballot before election day.
According to the Australian Electoral Commission, 14,320 people had pre-polled at the Cleveland early voting centre by Thursday, 11,460 at Victoria Point and 9154 at Capalaba.
More than 600 Bowman voters had cast their ballot in Brisbane.
See below for a list of voting centres open on election day. Centres are open until 6pm.
Bowman candidates
THE seat of Bowman is being contested by incumbent Andrew Laming from the LNP, Labor's Tom Baster, Emerald Moon from the Greens, United Australia Party's Shane Clarke, Glen Wadsworth from Pauline Hanson's One Nation and David Anderson of Fraser Anning's Conservative National Party.
Where to vote in Bowman
There is no polling station on Karragarra Island.
A mobile team will visit Lamb Island from 9.30am to 3.30pm.
All voting centres are open from 8am to 6pm.
Alexandra Hills
Alexandra Hills High School, 3-27 Windemere Road (Assisted wheelchair access)
Alexandra Hills State Primary School, 12 Princeton Avenue (Not wheelchair accessible)
Hilliard State School, 106-110 Hanover Drive (Assisted wheelchair access)
Vienna Woods State School, 12 Heffernan Road (Not wheelchair accessible)
Amity Point
Amity Point Community Club, Wallum Creek Drive (Assisted wheelchair access)
Birkdale
Birkdale South State School, 451 Old Cleveland Road East (Not wheelchair accessible)
Birkdale State School, 74 Agnes Street (Assisted wheelchair access)
Capalaba
Capalaba State College Junior Campus, 150 Mount Cotton Road (Assisted wheelchair access)
Capalaba State College Senior Campus, 59 School Road (Assisted wheelchair access)
Coolnwynpin State School, 6 Telaska Court (Not wheelchair accessible)
Cleveland
Cleveland District High School, Russell Street (Assisted wheelchair access)
Cleveland State School, 85-103 Queen Street (Assisted wheelchair access)
Coochiemudlo Island
Coochiemudlo Public Hall, 345 Victoria Parade South (Assisted wheelchair access)
Dunwich
Dunwich State Primary School, 37 Bingle Road (Assisted wheelchair access)
Macleay Island
Macleay Island State School, 145-155 High Central Road (Assisted wheelchair access)
Mount Cotton
Mount Cotton State School, 1246 Mt Cotton Road (Assisted wheelchair access)
Ormiston
Ormiston State School, 82-110 Gordon Street (Assisted wheelchair access)
Point Lookout
Point Lookout Bowls Club, 75 Dickson Way (Assisted wheelchair access)
Redland Bay
Redland Bay Community Hall, 5-9 Weinam Street (Assisted wheelchair access)
Redland Bay State School, 125-141 Gordon Road (Not wheelchair accessible)
Russell Island
Russell Island Recreation Hall, 1 Alison Crescent (Assisted wheelchair access)
Thorneside
Thorneside Community Hall, 200-204 Mooroondu Road (Assisted wheelchair access)
Thornlands
Bay View State School, 77 Ziegenfusz Road (Assisted wheelchair access)
Redland District Special School, 51-53 Panorama Drive (Assisted wheelchair access)
Thornlands State School, Panorama Drive (Assisted wheelchair access)
Victoria Point
Faith Lutheran College Redlands Junior School, 132 Link Road (Assisted wheelchair access)
Victoria Point High School, 93-137 Benfer Road (Assisted wheelchair access)
Victoria Point State School, School Road (Assisted wheelchair access)
Wellington Point
Uniting Church Hall Wellington Point, 47 Marlborough Road (Assisted wheelchair access)
Wellington Point High School, 2-34 Badgen Road (Assisted wheelchair access)
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