2021 Nova Scotia general election

2021 Nova Scotia general election
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55 seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
28 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout55.67% Increase 2.32 pp[1]
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Tim Houston Iain Rankin Gary Burrill
Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic
Leader since October 27, 2018 February 6, 2021 February 27, 2016
Leader's seat Pictou East Timberlea-Prospect Halifax Chebucto
Last election 17 seats, 35.73% 27 seats, 39.47% 7 seats, 21.51%
Seats won 31 17 6
Seat change Increase14 Decrease10 Decrease1
Popular vote 162,473 155,026 88,477
Percentage 38.44% 36.67% 20.93%
Swing Increase 2.71 pp Decrease 2.80 pp Decrease 0.58 pp
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details.
Premier before election

Iain Rankin
Liberal

Premier after election

Tim Houston
Progressive Conservative

The 2021 Nova Scotia general election was held on August 17, 2021, to elect members to the 64th General Assembly of Nova Scotia.

In a major upset,[2] Tim Houston led the Progressive Conservatives to power for the first time since 2006, and with a majority government for the first time since 1999. With a popular vote share of 38.44%, the PCs won the smallest winning vote share of any majority government in Nova Scotian electoral history.

Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin’s victory in Cumberland North marked the first occasion since 1988 that an independent candidate won election to the House of Assembly.[3] A record number of four Black Nova Scotians were elected MLAs; prior to this election, only five Black MLAs had ever been elected in Nova Scotia.[4]

  1. ^ "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "Tories surge to upset majority win in N.S. Election with a campaign focused on health". August 17, 2021.
  3. ^ Aly Thomson (August 18, 2021). "Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin elected as Independent in Cumberland North". CBC. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  4. ^ "Record number of Black MLAs elected to Nova Scotia Legislature". CBC News. August 18, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2021.