2011 Saskatchewan general election

2011 Saskatchewan general election
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58 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
30 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout66.7% [1] (Decrease9.3pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Brad Wall Dwain Lingenfelter
Party Saskatchewan New Democratic
Leader since March 15, 2004 June 6, 2009
Leader's seat Swift Current Regina Douglas Park (lost re-election)
Last election 38 seats, 50.92% 20 seats, 37.24%
Seats before 38 20
Seats won 49 9
Seat change Increase11 Decrease11
Popular vote 258,598 128,673
Percentage 64.25% 31.97%
Swing Increase13.33pp Decrease5.27pp
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.
Premier before election

Brad Wall
Saskatchewan

Premier after election

Brad Wall
Saskatchewan

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The 2011 Saskatchewan general election was held on November 7, 2011, to elect 58 members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (MLAs).[2] The election was called on October 10 by the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, on the advice of Premier Brad Wall.[3] Wall's Saskatchewan Party government was re-elected with an increased majority of 49 seats, the third-largest majority government in the province's history. The opposition New Democratic Party was cut down to only nine ridings, its worst showing in almost 30 years.

This was the first Saskatchewan provincial vote to use a fixed election date, set on the first Monday of November every four years.[4]

  1. ^ "Voter turnout figures for 28th Saskatchewan election released". Archived from the original on March 13, 2017. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
  2. ^ "Election Campaign To Start on Monday, October 10". Gov.sk.ca. October 5, 2011. Archived from the original on November 7, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  3. ^ Hall, Angela; Couture, Joe (October 10, 2011). "Sask. politicians hit the campaign trail; public to vote Nov. 7". Leader-Post. Postmedia Network. Archived from the original on October 12, 2011. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  4. ^ "Legislation Introduced To Set Fixed Election Dates". Gov.sk.ca. Archived from the original on December 18, 2010. Retrieved December 21, 2011.