List of post-confederation Nova Scotia general elections

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Liberal

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Other

Electoral results by parties and independent MLAs (as a percentage of total House of Assembly seats) from 1933 to 2009.

This article provides a summary of results for the general elections to the Canadian province of Nova ScotiaTemplate:'s unicameral legislative body, the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The number of seats has varied over time, from a low of thirty during the 1930s and early 1940s, to the current high of fifty-two. This article only covers elections since Nova Scotia became part of the newly formed Canadian Confederation in 1867. Prior to that, Nova Scotia was a British colony. The Nova Scotia House of Assembly dates back to 1758, and Nova Scotia became the first British colony to be granted responsible government from London in 1848.

The chart on the upper right provides a graphical summary of the results, with the most recent elections towards the right. It shows how the Liberal party (red) dominated the province's early political history, winning nineteen of the first twenty-two elections from 1867 to 1953; and that since 1953, the Conservatives (blue) have been the most successful party, winning eleven of the fifteen elections since then. The New Democratic Party (orange), after winning Official Opposition status in four consecutive elections, finally achieved government for the first time in the 2009 election.

Results

The table below shows the total number of seats won by the major political parties at each election. It also shows the percentage of the vote obtained by the major political parties at each election, if greater than 0.1%. The winning party's totals are shown in bold. To date, no party has formed a government that did not have the largest share of the vote. Full details on any election are linked via the number of the election at the start of the row.

Election			Total seats	PCTemplate:Ref label		Liberal		NDPTemplate:Ref label		Other
				Seats	Vote (%)	Seats	Vote (%)	Seats	Vote (%)	Seats	Seat-winning party	Vote (%)
				Template:Canadian party colour colspan=2 height=6 |	Template:Canadian party colour colspan=2 |	Template:Canadian party colour colspan=2 |	Template:Canadian party colour colspan=3 |
1st	September 18, 1867	Template:Canadian party colour |	38	2Template:Ref label	38.5Template:Ref label	36Template:Ref label	58.6Template:Ref label					2.9
2nd	May 16, 1871	Template:Canadian party colour |	38	14	43.7	24	52.2					4.0
3rd	December 17, 1874	Template:Canadian party colour |	38	12	43.6	22	55.0			4	Independents	1.4
4th	September 17, 1878	Template:Canadian party colour |	38	32	51.7	6	45.1					3.1
5th	June 20, 1882	Template:Canadian party colour |	38	14	46.9	24	51.8					1.3
6th	June 1886	Template:Canadian party colour |	37	10	43.6	28	54.7					1.6
7th	May 1890	Template:Canadian party colour |	38	9	46.7	29	52.2					1.0
8th	March 1894	Template:Canadian party colour |	37	13	47.3	25	51.9					0.8
9th	April 13, 1897	Template:Canadian party colour |	38	3	44.4	34	55.0			1	Independent	0.5
10th	October 2, 1901	Template:Canadian party colour |	38	2	41.7	36	56.7					1.5
11th	June 20, 1906	Template:Canadian party colour |	38	4	42.1	32	53.2			2	Independents	4.6
12th	June 14, 1911	Template:Canadian party colour |	38	12	45.4	26	51.1					3.5
13th	June 20, 1916	Template:Canadian party colour |	43	12	48.8	31	50.4					0.8
14th	July 27, 1920	Template:Canadian party colour |	43	3	24.7	29	44.4	5	16.9	6	United Farmers	14.0
15th	June 25, 1925	Template:Canadian party colour |	43	40	60.9	3	36.3	–	2.8
16th	October 1, 1928	Template:Canadian party colour |	43	24	51.7	18	47.2	1	1.1
17th	August 22, 1933	Template:Canadian party colour |	30	8	45.9	22	52.6	–	1.5
18th	June 20, 1937	Template:Canadian party colour |	30	5	46.0	25	52.9	–	1.1
19th	October 28, 1941	Template:Canadian party colour |	30	5	40.3	22	52.7	3	7.0
20th	October 23, 1945	Template:Canadian party colour |	30	0	33.5	28	52.7	2	13.6			0.1
21st	June 9, 1949	Template:Canadian party colour |	37	8	39.2	27	51.0	2	9.6			0.1
22nd	May 26, 1953	Template:Canadian party colour |	37	13	43.6	22	49.0	2	6.9			0.5
23rd	October 30, 1956	Template:Canadian party colour |	43	24	48.6	18	48.2	1	3.0			0.1
24th	June 7, 1960	Template:Canadian party colour |	43	27	48.3	15	42.6	1	8.9			0.2
25th	October 8, 1963	Template:Canadian party colour |	43	39	56.2	4	39.7	–	4.1
26th	May 30, 1967	Template:Canadian party colour |	46	40	52.8	6	41.8	–	5.2			0.2
27th	October 13, 1970	Template:Canadian party colour |	46	21	46.9	23	46.1	2	6.7			0.2
28th	April 2, 1974	Template:Canadian party colour |	46	12	38.6	31	47.9	3	13.0			0.5
29th	September 19, 1978	Template:Canadian party colour |	52	31	45.8	17	39.4	4	14.4			0.4
30th	October 6, 1981	Template:Canadian party colour |	52	37	47.5	13	33.2	1	18.1	1	Cape Breton Labour	1.2
31st	November 6, 1984	Template:Canadian party colour |	52	42	50.6	6	31.3	3	15.9	1	Cape Breton Labour	2.2Template:Ref label
32nd	September 6, 1988	Template:Canadian party colour |	52	28	43.4	21	39.6	2	15.8	1	Cape Breton Labour	1.1
33rd	May 25, 1993	Template:Canadian party colour |	52	9	31.1	40	49.7	3	17.7			0.9
34th	March 24, 1998	Template:Canadian party colour |	52	14	29.8	19	35.3	19	34.6			2.4
35th	July 27, 1999	Template:Canadian party colour |	52	30	39.2	11	29.8	11	30.0			1.1
36th	August 5, 2003	Template:Canadian party colour |	52	25	36.3	12	31.5	15	31.0			1.2
37th	June 13, 2006	Template:Canadian party colour width=3 |	52	23	39.6	9	23.4	20	34.6			2.4
38th	June 9, 2009	Template:Canadian party colour width=3 |	52	10	24.5	11	27.2	31	45.3			3.0
39th	October 8, 2013	Template:Canadian party colour width=3 |	51	11	26.3	33	45.7	7	26.8			1.2
40th	May 30, 2017	Template:Canadian party colour width=3 |	51	17	35.78	27	39.51	7	21.41			3.3
41st	August 18, 2021	Template:Canadian party colour width=3 |	55	31	38.44	17	36.67	6	20.93	1	Independent	1.17
42nd	November 26, 2024	Template:Canadian party colour width=3 |	55	43	52.49	2	22.69	9	22.17	1	Independent	1.18

Notes

Template:Note label Includes results for Progressive Conservatives.

Template:Note label Includes results for Co-operative Commonwealth Federation prior to 1963; and also results for the Labour party prior to 1937.

Template:Note label Includes Pro Confederation.

Template:Note label Includes Anti-Confederates.

Template:Note label Includes 2.0% for Cape Breton Labour Party.

See also

• Timeline of Canadian elections
• List of political parties in Nova Scotia

References

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