2011 Saskatchewan general election
The 2011 Saskatchewan general election was held on November 7, 2011, to elect 58 members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (MLAs). The election was called on October 10 by the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, on the advice of Premier Brad Wall. 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.
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58 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 30 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 66.7% (9.3pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This was the first Saskatchewan provincial vote to use a fixed election date, set on the first Monday of November every four years.
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