2011 Saskatchewan general election
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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.
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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% [1] (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.[4]