This article provides a summary of results for the general elections to the Canadian province of Saskatchewans unicameral legislative body, the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. The number of seats has varied over time, from 25 for the first election in 1905 to a high of 66 for the 1991 election. There are currently 61 seats in the Legislature.
The charts on the right show the information graphically, with more recent elections on the right. They shows the popularity of the Liberal Party (red) before the Second World War and the subsequent rise of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, which was succeeded by the New Democratic Party (orange). The successes and failures of the Progressive Conservatives (blue) and the recent arrival of the Saskatchewan Party (green) as a new conservative party can also be seen.
Results
The table below shows the total number of seats won by the major political parties at each election. The winning party's totals are shown in bold. Full details on any election are linked via the year of the election at the start of the row.
Year Seats Liberal ProgressiveConservative CCF / NDP SaskatchewanParty Independent Other partiesSeatsVote (%)SeatsVote (%)SeatsVote (%)SeatsVote (%)SeatsVote (%)SeatsVote (%) 1905 251652.2 947.5 — — — —00.3 — — 1908 412750.81447.9 — — — —01.3 — — 1912 534557.0842.0 — — — —01 — — 1917 625152.8733.8 — — — —12.4 Soldier MLAs (3)11.4 1921 634551.423.9 — — — —931.8Labour (1), Progressive (6)12.9 1925 635051.5318.4 — — — —35.2Progressive (6), Labour-Liberal (1)24.9 1929 632845.62436.4 — — — —69.4Progressive (5)8.6 1934 555048.0026.8524.0 — —00.700.6 1938 523845.5011.91018.7 — —03.9Unity (2), Social Credit (2)20.1 1944 52535.4010.74753.1 — —00.200.6 1948 522033.607.63147.6 — —12.908.4 1952 531139.302.04254.1 — —00.604.1 1956 531430.302.03645.3 — —00.9Social Credit (3)21.6 1960 541732.7014.03740.8 — —00.2012.4 1964 583240.4118.92540.3 — — — —00.4 1967 593545.609.82444.4 — — — —00.3 1971 601542.802.14555.0 — —00.100.0 1975 611531.7727.63940.1 — —00.6 — — 1978 61013.81738.14448.1 — —00.0 — — 1982 6404.55554.1937.6 — —00.303.5 1986 64110.03844.62545.2 — —00.100.1 1991 66123.31025.55551.1 — —00.100.0 1995 581134.7517.94247.2 — —00.2 — — 1999 58420.200.42938.72539.600.101.0 2003 58014.200.23044.7 2839.400.501.2 2007 5809.400.22037.23850.9 — —02.3 2011 5800.600.3 932.04964.300.002.9 2016 6103.601.3 1030.35162.5 00.401.9 2020 6100.101.91331.84861.100.204.8 20246100.201.02740.43452.300.106.4
Notes Includes results as the Progress Party from 2023. Includes results as the Provincial Rights Party from 1905 and 1908 and the Conservative Party from 1912 to 1944. Includes results as the Farmer-Labour Group for 1934. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation became the New Democratic Party; the party ran as the CCF-NDP in 1964 and as the NDP from 1967. The Saskatchewan Party formed in 1997 with a merger of eight former Progressive Conservative and Liberal MLAs. Three MLAs were elected to represent Saskatchewan residents serving overseas in Belgium, France, and England during the First World War. The Liberals lost a confidence motion shortly after the election and government was formed by a Conservative coalition with Progressive and Independent members. The NDP formed a coalition government with the Liberals.
See also Politics of Saskatchewan List of political parties in Saskatchewan
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