2021 Nova Scotia general election

2021 Nova Scotia general election

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55 seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 28 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	55.67% 2.32 pp[1]
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Tim Houston Iain Rankin Gary Burrill Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic Leader since October 27, 2018 February 6, 2021 February 27, 2016 Leader's seat Pictou East Timberlea-Prospect Halifax Chebucto Last election 17 seats, 35.73% 27 seats, 39.47% 7 seats, 21.51% Seats won 31 17 6 Seat change 14 10 1 Popular vote 162,473 155,026 88,477 Percentage 38.44% 36.67% 20.93% Swing 2.71 pp 2.80 pp 0.58 pp
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. Click the map for more details.
Premier before election Iain Rankin Liberal Premier after election Tim Houston Progressive Conservative

The 2021 Nova Scotia general election was held on August 17, 2021, to elect members to the 64th General Assembly of Nova Scotia.

In a major upset,^[2] Tim Houston led the Progressive Conservatives to power for the first time since 2006, and with a majority government for the first time since 1999. With a popular vote share of 38.44%, the PCs won the smallest winning vote share of any majority government in Nova Scotian electoral history.

Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin’s victory in Cumberland North marked the first occasion since 1988 that an independent candidate won election to the House of Assembly.^[3] A record number of four Black Nova Scotians were elected MLAs; prior to this election, only five Black MLAs had ever been elected in Nova Scotia.^[4]