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The Seventeenth Provincial General Election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan was held on June 23, 1971.

Under the leadership of Allan Blakeney, the New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan returned to power after seven years in opposition. The NDP won a majority government, increasing its share of the popular vote by over 10 percentage points.

The Liberal government of Premier Ross Thatcher more or less held its share of the populr vote, but lost a significant number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in part beause of the continuing decline in the share of the vote won by the Progressive Conservative Party, now led by Ed Nasserden .

Results


Party Party Leader Popular Vote # nominated Seats
# % % Change Previous Elected Change
New Democratic
Allan Blakeney
248,978 55.00 +10.65 60 24 45 +21
Liberal
Ross Thatcher
193,864 42.82 -2.75 60 35 15 -20
Progressive Conservative
Ed Nasserden
9,659 2.13 -7.65 16
Independent 189 0.04 +0.04 1
Communist
46 0.01 +0.01 1
Total 452,736 100.00 138 59 60 +1
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Source: Elections Saskatchewan


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