2016 Saskatchewan general election

2016 Saskatchewan general election
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61 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan; 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	57.8% (8.9pp)
	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. Riding names are listed at the bottom of the map.
Premier before election; Brad Wall; Saskatchewan	Premier after election ; Brad Wall; Saskatchewan

The 2016 Saskatchewan general election, was held on April 4, 2016, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. The Lieutenant Governor dissolved the Legislature on March 8, 2016, setting the election date for April 4. The election resulted in the Saskatchewan Party winning its third majority government. This is the first time in 90 years that a party other than the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP) or its predecessor, the Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) has won three consecutive majority governments in Saskatchewan. It is also the first time that a centre-right party has won three consecutive elections in the province.

Quick Facts 61 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 31 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...

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Under The Legislative Assembly Act, 2007 (Saskatchewan), the election "must be held" on the first Monday of November in the fourth calendar year following the previous election. As the last election was held in 2011, that date would be November 2, 2015. However, the act also provides that if the election period would overlap with a federal election period, the provincial election is to be postponed until the first Monday of the following April.^[2] Under the federal fixed-term act, the 42nd general election occurred on October 19, 2015, overlapping election periods by approximately two weeks. Because the federal Conservatives called the election on August 2, 2015 for October 19, the Saskatchewan election was held on April 4, 2016, even though the Lieutenant Governor retained the power to dissolve the Legislative Assembly early on the Premier's advice.

Due to an increase in the number of ridings (from 58 to 61), both parties increased their total number of seats.

The Saskatchewan Party maintained its sweep of the southern and central rural ridings, and also held on to a majority of seats in Regina and Saskatoon. The NDP seemed to have some momentum after winning federal seats for the first time in a decade at the 2015 federal election. However, it was unable to recover much of the ground it lost in its severe defeat of almost five years earlier. The NDP gained one seat each in Regina and Prince Albert but lost one in Saskatoon for an overall net gain of one seat, and for the second consecutive election saw its leader unseated in his own riding; Cam Broten was defeated in the reconfigured riding of Saskatoon Westview by a slim margin of 232 votes. The results reflected the opinion polling done prior to the election, with the popular vote falling within the margins of error, though the Saskatchewan Party won more seats than what was projected.^[3]

Election summary

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Summary of the April 4, 2016 Saskatchewan Legislature election
Party		Leader	Candidates^[4]	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Leader	Candidates^[4]	2011	Dissol.	2016	+/-	Votes	%	% change
	Saskatchewan	Brad Wall	61	49	47	51	+2	270,776	62.53%	-1.72
	New Democratic	Cam Broten	61	9	9	10	+1	131,137	30.28%	-1.69
	Liberal	Darrin Lamoureux	61	–	–	0	–	15,568	3.60%	+3.04
	Green	Victor Lau	58	–	–	0	–	7,967	1.84%	-1.03
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Swenson	18	–	–	0	–	5,571	1.29%	+0.96
	Western Independence	Frank Serfas	4	–	–	0	–	318	+0.06%
	Independent		5	–	–	0	–	1,693	+0.38%
	Vacant			–	2	—
Total			268	58	58	61		433,030	100%

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Percentages

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Popular vote

Saskatchewan			62.53%
New Democratic			30.28%
Liberal			3.60%
Others			3.59%

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More information Seat summary ...

Seat summary

Saskatchewan			83.61%
New Democratic			16.39%

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Detailed analysis

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Elections to the 28th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan – top 5 candidates from each riding, by party
	Candidates	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Saskatchewan	61	51	10	–	–	–
New Democratic	61	10	50	1	–	–
Liberal	61	–	–	46	8	6
Green	58	–	–	4	47	5
Progressive Conservative	18	–	–	10	5	3
Western Independence	4	–	–	–	1	1
Independents	5	–	1	–	–	4

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Retiring incumbents

Saskatchewan Party

New Democrats

John Nilson, Regina Lakeview^[13]

Lost nomination election

Saskatchewan Party

Bill Hutchinson, Regina South^[14]

Resigned before election

Saskatchewan Party

Darryl Hickie, Prince Albert Carlton (Resigned March 9, 2015)^[15]
Rob Norris, Saskatoon Greystone (Resigned Dec. 31, 2015)^[16]

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More information Polling Firm, Date of Polling ...

Polling Firm	Date of Polling	Link	Saskatchewan	New Democratic	Green	Liberal	PC	Other
Forum Research	April 1–2, 2016	PDF	60.8	30.1	3.3	5.5		0.4
Insights West	March 31–April 2, 2016	HTML^[usurped]	61	29	4	4
Mainstreet Research	March 31, 2016	HTML	60	31	5	4
Insightrix	March 28–30, 2016	HTML	60	30	3	5	3
Insights West	March 23–25, 2016	HTML^[usurped]	56	34	3	6
Insightrix	March 14–16, 2016	HTML	61	29	2	6	2	0
Mainstreet Research	March 15, 2016	HTML	53	35	4	8
Insightrix	March 8–10, 2016	HTML	57	29		7
Mainstreet Research	March 8, 2016	HTML	51	37	3	8
Forum Research	March 7, 2016	PDF	57	33	3	7
Mainstreet Research	March 1, 2016	HTML	55	33	3	9
Mainstreet Research	February 23, 2016	HTML	52	34	4	10
Mainstreet Research	February 11, 2016	HTML	56	32	4	8
Mainstreet Research	January 4, 2016	HTML	59	28	3	7	2
Insightrix	November 10–12, 2015	HTML	54	25	4	14	3
Mainstreet Research	October 6, 2015	HTML	57	32	3	8
Oracle	May 19–25, 2015	PDF	60.8	26.7	4.1	4.8		3.7
Insightrix	April 7–9, 2015	HTML	58	31	3	6	2
Insightrix	April 9–13, 2014	HTML	63.2	27.4	3.8	5.1	0.5
Insightrix	July 6–13, 2013	HTML	60.1	28.7	6	5
Insightrix	May 1–8, 2013	HTML	60.7	29.4	3	4
Insightrix	June 4–8, 2012	HTML	60.8	29.4	4.3	1	0.2
2011 election	November 7, 2011	PDF^{[permanent dead link]}	64.25	31.97	2.87	0.56	0.33	0.02

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People in bold represent cabinet ministers and the speaker. Party leaders are italicized. The symbols ** indicates MLAs who are not running again.