1981 Nova Scotia general election

The 1981 Nova Scotia general election was held on October 6, 1981, to elect members of the 53rd House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.

1981 Nova Scotia general election

October 6, 1981
52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 27 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   PC Lib Leader John Buchanan A.M. "Sandy" Cameron Alexa McDonough Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic Leader since March 6, 1971 June 8, 1980 November 16, 1980 Leader's seat Halifax Atlantic Guysborough Halifax Chebucto Last election 31 17 4 Seats won 37 13 1 Seat change 7 4 3 Popular vote 200,228 139,604 76,289 Percentage 45.8% 33.2% 18.1% Swing Template:Equal0.0 6.2% 3.7%
Premier before election John Buchanan Progressive Conservative Premier after election John Buchanan Progressive Conservative

Results by party

	Party	Leader	1978	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)
	Progressive Conservative	John Buchanan	31	37	+19%	200,228	45.8%
	Liberal	A.M. "Sandy" Cameron	17	13	-23%	139,604	33.2%
	New Democratic	Alexa McDonough	4	1	-75%	76,289	18.1%
	Independent		N/A	1	N/A		1.2%
Total Seats			52	52		421,123	100%

* vote share included in "other".

Popular vote
PC			47.55%
Liberal			33.15%
New Democratic			18.12%
Others			1.18%

Seats summary
PC			71.15%
Liberal			25.00%
New Democratic			1.92%
Others			1.92%

References

• Government of Nova Scotia. "Summary Results from 1867 to 2011" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-03. Retrieved 2013-10-02.