List of Nova Scotia general elections (post-Confederation)

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Number of seats won by major parties at each electionThis article provides a summary of results for the general elections to the Canadian province of Nova Scotia'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 achieve responsible government in 1848.

The chart on the right provides a graphical summary of the results, with the most recent elections on 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) have never won an election, but have had Official Opposition status after each of the past four elections.

ummary of 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 year of the election at the start of the row.

Year		Conservative ref_label|PC|A|A		NDP ref_label|NDP|B|B		Liberal		Other			Total seats
		Seats	Vote (%)	Seats	Vote (%)	Seats	Vote (%)	Seats	Seat-wining party	Vote (%)
		Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives colspan=2 height=6>	Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP colspan=2>	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal colspan=2>	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Other colspan=3>
2006	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives width=3>	23	39.6	20	34.6	9	23.4			2.4	52
2003	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives>	25	36.3	15	31.0	12	31.5			1.2	52
1999	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives>	30	39.2	11	30.0	11	29.8			1.1	52
1998	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal>	14	29.8	19	34.6	19	35.3			2.4	52
1993	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal>	9	31.1	3	17.7	40	49.7			0.9	52
1988	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives>	28	43.4	2	15.8	21	39.6	1	Cape Breton Labour	1.1	52
1984	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives>	42	50.6	3	15.9	6	31.3	1	Cape Breton Labour	2.2 ref_label|CBP|E|E	52
1981	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives>	37	47.5	1	18.1	13	33.2	1	Cape Breton Labour	1.2	52
1978	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives>	31	45.8	4	14.4	17	39.4			0.4	52
1974	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal>	12	38.6	3	13.0	31	47.9			0.5	46
1970	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal>	21	46.9	2	6.7	23	46.1			0.2	46
1967	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives>	40	52.8		5.2	6	41.8			0.2	46
1963	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives>	39	56.2		4.1	4	39.7				43
1960	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives>	27	48.3	1	8.9	15	42.6			0.2	43
1956	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives>	24	48.6	1	3.0	18	48.2			0.1	43
1953	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal>	13	43.6	2	6.9	22	49.0			0.5	37
1949	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal>	8	39.2	2	9.6	27	51.0			0.1	37
1945	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal>	0	33.5	2	13.6	28	52.7			0.1	30
1941	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal>	5	40.3	3	7.0	22	52.7				30
1937	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal>	5	46.0		1.1	25	52.9				30
1933	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal>	8	45.9		1.5	22	52.6				30
1928	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives>	24	51.7	1	1.1	18	47.2				43
1925	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives>	40	60.9		2.8	3	36.3				43
1920	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal>	3	24.7	5	16.9	29	44.4	6	United Farmers	14.0	43
1916	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal>	12	48.8			31	50.4			0.8	43
1911	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal>	12	45.4			26	51.1			3.5	38
1906	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal>	4	42.1			32	53.2	2	"Independents"	4.6	38
1901	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal>	2	41.7			36	56.7			1.5	38
1897	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal>	3	44.4			34	55.0	1	"Independent"	0.5	38
1894	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal>	13	47.3			25	51.9			0.8	37
1890	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal>	9	46.7			29	52.2			1.0	38
1886	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal>	10	43.6			28	54.7			1.6	37
1882	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal>	14	46.9			24	51.8			1.3	38
1878	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive_Conservatives>	32	51.7			6	45.1			3.1	38
1874	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal>	12	43.6			22	55.0	4	"Independents"	1.4	38
1871	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal>	14	43.7			24	52.2			4.0	38
1867	Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal>	2 ref_label|pro|C|C	38.5 ref_label|pro|C|C			36 ref_label|anti|D|D	58.6 ref_label|anti|D|D			2.9	38

Notes

:note label|PC|A|A Includes results for Progressive Conservatives.:note label|NDP|B|B Includes results for Co-operative Commonwealth Federation prior to 1963; and also results for the Labour party prior to 1937.:note label|anti|C|C Includes Pro Confederation.:note label|anti|D|D Includes Anti-Confederates.:note label|CBP|E|E Includes 2.0% for Cape Breton Labour Party.

References

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ee also

*Canadian general election history
*List of Nova Scotia political parties