Alberta general election, 2008

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March 3, 2008 (2008-03-03)

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83 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 42 seats were needed for a majority

Turnout	40.59%
	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Ed Stelmach	Kevin Taft
Party	Progressive Conservative	Liberal
Leader since	December 2, 2006	March 27, 2004
Leader's seat	Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville	Edmonton-Riverview
Last election	62 seats, 46.8%	16 seats, 29.4%
Seats before	60	16
Seats won	72	9
Seat change	12	7
Popular vote	501,063	251,158
Percentage	52.7%	26.4
Swing	5.9pp	3.0pp

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Brian Mason	Paul Hinman
Party	New Democratic	Wildrose Alliance
Leader since	July 13, 2004	2008
Leader's seat	Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood	Cardston-Taber-Warner (lost re-election)
Last election	4 seats, 10.2%	1 seats, 8.7%
Seats before	4	1
Seats won	2	0
Seat change	2	1
Popular vote	80,578	64,407
Percentage	8.5%	6.8%
Swing	1.7pp	1.9pp

Map of Alberta's riding coloured in to indicate winning party and popular vote.

Premier before election

Ed Stelmach
Progressive Conservative

Premier after election

Ed Stelmach
Progressive Conservative

The Alberta general election of 2008 was the twenty-seventh general election for the province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on March 3, 2008, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.

It was expected to be called early because the governing Progressive Conservatives held a leadership election on December 2, 2006, in which Ed Stelmach was elected to replace Ralph Klein as party leader and Premier. The election was called when Stelmach formally advised Lieutenant Governor Norman Kwong to dissolve the Legislature, which happened on February 4, 2008.

With 53% of the popular vote, the Progressive Conservatives won a decisive majority over the Liberal and other parties, despite early suggestions of a closer race.

The 2008 election had the lowest voter turnout in the province's history, with only 40.59% of eligible voters casting a ballot.

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