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1971 Saskatchewan general election

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	1971 Saskatchewan general election
country	Saskatchewan
type	parliamentary
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1967 Saskatchewan general election
previous_year	1967
election_date
next_election	1975 Saskatchewan general election
next_year	1975
seats_for_election	60 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
majority_seats	31
turnout
image1	[[File:Allan Blakeney 1980 (cropped).jpg	175x175px]]
colour1
leader1	Allan Blakeney
party1
leader_since1	July 4, 1970
leaders_seat1	Regina Centre
last_election1	24
seats1	45
seat_change1	21
popular_vote1	248,978
percentage1	55.00%
swing1	10.65pp
<!-- Liberal -->	map_image	Saskatchewan general election, 1971 results by riding.svg
map_size	350px
map_caption	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.
<!-- bottom -->	title	Premier
before_election	Ross Thatcher
before_party
posttitle	Premier after election
after_election	Allan Blakeney
after_party
outgoing_members	16th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
elected_mps	[members](17th-legislative-assembly-of-saskatchewan)
image2	[[File:Wilbert Ross Thatcher, 1953.jpg	175x175px]]
colour2
leader2	Ross Thatcher
party2
leader_since2	September 24, 1959
leaders_seat2	Morse
last_election2	35
seats2	15
seat_change2	20
popular_vote2	193,864
percentage2	42.82%
swing2	2.75pp

The 1971 Saskatchewan general election was held on June 23, 1971, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

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 popular vote, but lost a significant number of seats in the legislature in part because of the continuing decline in the share of the vote won by the Progressive Conservative Party, now led by Ed Nasserden.

Ross Thatcher died on July 22, 1971, just shy of a month after losing the election.

Results

Party	Party Leader	# of
candidates	Seats	Popular Vote	[1967](1967-saskatchewan-general-election)	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
New Democratic	Allan Blakeney	60	24	45	+87.5%	248,978	55.00%	+10.65%
Liberal	Ross Thatcher	60	35	15	-42.9%	193,864	42.82%	-2.75%	Progressive Conservative	Ed Nasserden
Total	138	59	60	+1.7%	452,736	100%
Source: [Elections Saskatchewan](https://web.archive.org/web/20140407162559/http://www.elections.sk.ca/previous-elections/historical---provincial-general-election-summaries/page-2/)

Note: * Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.{{Bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars=

References

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