2021 Nova Scotia general election

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

2021 Nova Scotia general election
August 17, 2021
55 seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
28 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout55.67% 2.32 pp
  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 14 10 1
Popular vote 162,473 155,026 88,477
Percentage 38.44% 36.67% 20.93%
Swing 2.71 pp 2.80 pp 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

In April 2019, the Electoral Boundaries Commission released its final report entitled, Balancing Effective Representation with Voter Parity. The report recommended increasing the number of electoral districts from 51 to 55, including reinstating the four former districts of Argyle, Clare, Preston and Richmond. In the fourth quarter of 2019, the House of Assembly passed the recommended electoral changes into law and they were put into effect in this election.

In a major upset, 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. 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.

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