The state has Australia's two biggest local councils, Brisbane and the Gold Coast, with 3.5 million voters statewide expected to have cast their ballots on Saturday.
More than 1.4 million people - about 40 per cent of electors - voted before election day, the Queensland Electoral Commission said.
Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner is seeking re-election against Labor's Tracey Price and the Greens' Jonathan Sriranganathan.
Mr Schrinner narrowly won a majority council chamber in the 2020 local government election but suffered a 5.1 per cent swing, with a 3.9 per cent swing against the LNP across the wards.
Other wards to watch include Paddington, Enoggera, Morningside, The Gabba and Calamvale which the incumbents hold with narrow margins.
Australia's two biggest local council electorates, Brisbane and the Gold Coast, are in Queensland. (Savannah Meacham/AAP PHOTOS)
On the Gold Coast, incumbent councillor Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden is seeking re-election for division seven while facing a murder charge.
He is accused of killing his stepfather Robert Malcolm Lumsden, 58, at the family's Arundel home in August.
Mr Bayldon-Lumsden says the state government endorsed his candidacy despite a coming trial for the murder charge.
"It's up to the voters now who they want as their representative," he told AAP on Friday.
But rival candidates and the state member for Bonney have taken a dim view.
"If he really cared about the community, he would not have put his hand up with an unresolved murder charge," LNP MP Sam O'Connor said.
Mr O'Connor said if the incumbent was re-elected it would likely result in another suspension, similar to what occurred six months ago when the charge was laid.
Premier Steven Miles on Friday told reporters Mr Bayldon-Lumsden would be "suspended again given the circumstances" if re-elected.
Candidates Joe Wilkinson and Jenna Schroeder criticised Mr Bayldon-Lumsden for running again, considering the council area has been without elected representation for six months.
Elsewhere, Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate is seeking re-election for a fourth time and faces eight challengers.
Mayors and councillors were up for election across Queensland's 77 local governments but some voters only had one option on their ballot as some candidates ran unopposed.
The local council elections took place on Saturday alongside two state government by-elections.
By-elections were held in Inala and Ipswich West after respective members, former premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Jim Madden, resigned.
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