The 1971 Saskatchewan general election was held on June 23, 1971, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

Under the leadership of Allan Blakeney, the New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan returned to power after seven years in opposition. The NDP won a majority government, increasing its share of the popular vote by over 10 percentage points.

The Liberal government of Premier Ross Thatcher more or less held its share of the popular vote, but lost a significant number of seats in the legislature in part because of the continuing decline in the share of the vote won by the Progressive Conservative Party, now led by Ed Nasserden.

Ross Thatcher died on July 22, 1971, just shy of a month after losing the election.

Results

Party Party Leader # of
candidates 		Seats Popular Vote
1967 Elected % Change # % % Change
  New Democratic Allan Blakeney 60 24 45 +87.5% 248,978 55.00% +10.65%
  Liberal Ross Thatcher 60 35 15 -42.9% 193,864 42.82% -2.75%
  Progressive Conservative Ed Nasserden 16 – – – 9,659 2.13% -7.65%
  Independent 1 * – * 189 0.04% *
Communist 1 * – * 46 0.01% *
Total 138 59 60 +1.7% 452,736 100%  
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

Note: * Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.

Popular vote
New Democratic
 
 55.00%
Liberal
 
 42.82%
PC
 
 2.13%
Others
 
 0.05%
Seats summary
New Democratic
 
 75.00%
Liberal
 
 25.00%

See also

References

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Saskatchewan_general_election
No tags for this post.