Number of seats won by major parties at each election
CCF / NDP Liberal Saskatchewan Party Conservative Other Independent
Electoral results by parties and independent MLAs (as a percentage of total Legislative Assembly seats) from 1912 to 2007. 1997 is shown due to the formation of the Saskatchewan Party.
This article provides a summary of results for the general elections to the Canadian province of Saskatchewan ' s 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.
The chart on the upper right shows the information graphically, with the most recent elections on the right. It shows the popularity of the Liberal Party (red) before World War II , and the subsequent rise of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation – succeeded by the New Democratic Party (orange). The successes and failures by the Conservatives (blue) and the recent arrival of the Saskatchewan Party (green) can also be seen.
Summary of results
The table below shows the total number of seats won by the major political parties at each election. The winning party's total is shown in bold. Full details on any election are linked via the year of the election at the start of the row.
Year
Seats
Conservative [B]
Liberal
NDP [A]
SK Party
Independent
Other parties
Seats
Vote (%)
Seats
Vote (%)
Seats
Vote (%)
Seats
Vote (%)
Seats
Vote (%)
Seats
Vote (%)
1905
25
9
47.5
16
52.2
0.3
1908
41
14
47.9
27
50.8
1.3
1912
53
8
42.0
45
57.0
1.1
1917
62
7
33.8
51
52.8
4
13.3
Independent (1), Soldier MLAs (3)
1921
63
2
3.9
45
51.4
16
44.7
Progressive (6), Independent/Others (10)
1925
63
3
18.4
51[D]
52.6
7
29.1
Progressive (6), Labour-Liberal (1)
1929
63
24[C]
36.4
28
45.6
5
18.0
Progressive
1934
55
0
26.7
50
48.0
5
24.0
1.3
1938
52
0
11.9
38
45.5
10
18.7
4
24.0
Unity Party (2), Social Credit (2)
1944
52
0
10.7
5
35.4
47
53.1
0.8
1948
52
0
7.6
20
30.6
31
47.6
2
14.2
1952
53
0
2.0
11
39.3
42
54.1
4.7
1956
53
0
2.0
14
30.3
36
45.2
3
22.4
Social Credit
1960
54
0
13.9
17
32.7
37
40.8
12.6
1964
58
1
18.9
32
40.4
25
40.3
0.4
1967
59
0
9.8
35
45.6
24
44.3
0.3
1971
60
0
2.1
15
42.8
45
55.0
0.1
1975
61
7
27.6
15
31.7
39
40.1
0.6
1978
61
17
38.1
0
13.8
44
48.1
0.0
1982
64
55
54.1
0
4.5
9
37.6
3.8
1986
64
38
44.6
1
10.0
25
44.6
0.2
1991
66
10
25.5
1
23.3
55
51.0
0.1
1995
58
5
17.9
11
34.7
42
47.2
0.2
1999
58
0
0.4
4
20.1
29
38.7
25
39.6
0.4
2003
58
0
0.2
0
14.2
30
44.7
28
39.4
0.2
2007
58
0
0.2
0
9.4
20
37.2
38
50.9
0.2
2011
58
0
0.3
0
0.6
9
32.0
49
64.3
2.9
2016
61
0
1.3
0
3.6
10
30.3
51
62.5
2.3
2020
61
0
1.9
0
0.1
13
31.8
48
61.1
5.1
Notes
A Includes results for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation party from 1938 to 1964, and Farmer-Labour party for 1934 and earlier.
B Includes all results for the Provincial Rights party from 1905 and 1908, and the Progressive Conservative Party from 1944 onwards.
C The Liberals lost a motion of no-confidence shortly after the election and government was formed by a Conservative-Progressive coalition.
D Includes "Independent Liberal" candidate and the "Independent Pro-Government" candidate.
References
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