1971 Saskatchewan general election

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

1971 Saskatchewan general election
June 23, 1971 (1971-06-23)
60 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
LIB
Leader Allan Blakeney Ross Thatcher
Party New Democratic Liberal
Leader since July 4, 1970 September 24, 1959
Leader's seat Regina Centre Morse
Last election 24 35
Seats won 45 15
Seat change 21 20
Popular vote 248,978 193,864
Percentage 55.00% 42.82%
Swing 10.65pp 2.75pp
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

Ross Thatcher
Liberal

 Premier after election

Allan Blakeney
New Democratic

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 since losing the election.

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