2021 Yukon general election

2021 Yukon general election

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All 19 seats to the Legislative Assembly 10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	64.44%
Majority party Minority party Third party   YP NDP Leader Currie Dixon Sandy Silver Kate White[2] Party Yukon Party Liberal New Democratic Leader since May 23, 2020 August 17, 2012 May 4, 2019 Leader's seat Copperbelt North[a] Klondike Takhini-Kopper King Last election 6 seats, 33.38% 11 seats, 39.41% 2 seats, 26.23% Seats before 6 10 2 Seats won 8 8 3 Seat change 2 3 1 Popular vote 7,477 6,142 5,356 Percentage 39.32% 32.37% 28.17% Swing 5.94pp 7.04pp 1.94pp
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.
Premier before election Sandy Silver Liberal Premier after election Sandy Silver Liberal

The 2021 Yukon general election was held on April 12, 2021, to return members of the 35th Yukon Legislative Assembly.^[1][3] The election resulted in a hung parliament where the incumbent governing Yukon Liberal Party and the opposition Yukon Party won 8 seats each, while the Yukon New Democratic Party held the remaining 3. As the incumbent party given the first opportunity to form government, a Liberal minority government was sworn in on April 23, 2021.^[4] The Liberals and NDP announced the establishment of a formal confidence and supply agreement on April 28, 2021.^[5]

During the 2016 election, the Liberals included a commitment in their platform to introduce fixed election dates in the territory.^[6] In October 2020, the government introduced legislation to amend the Elections Act and create fixed election dates.^[7] The legislation passed in December 2020, and took effect after the 2021 election.^[8]

Voter turnout dropped almost twelve percentage points compared to 2016, caused to an extent by the introduction of a standing List of Electors, resulting in a higher percentage of Yukoners being registered. More votes were cast than in 2016, in part due to the territory's strong population growth since the last election.^{[citation needed]}

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