Manitoba general election, 1977

Manitoba general election, 1977

← 1973 October 11, 1977 1981 →
57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba 29 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   PC LIB Leader Sterling Lyon Edward Schreyer Charles Huband Party Progressive Conservative New Democratic Liberal Leader since December 6, 1975 June 7, 1969 February 22, 1975 Leader's seat Charleswood Rossmere Ran in Crescentwood (lost) Last election 21 31 5 Seats won 33 23 1 Seat change 12 8 4 Popular vote 237,496 188,124 59,865 Percentage 48.75% 38.62% 12.29% Swing 12.02pp 3.69pp 6.75pp
Map of Election Results
Premier before election Edward Schreyer New Democratic Premier-designate Sterling Lyon Progressive Conservative

Edward Schreyer
New Democratic

Sterling Lyon
Progressive Conservative

The Manitoba general election of October 11, 1977 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative Party, which took 33 seats out of 57. The governing New Democratic Party fell to 23 seats, while the Liberal Party won only one seat.

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.

Party key:

Arthur:

Assiniboia:

Birtle-Russell:

Brandon East:

Brandon West:

Burrows:

Charleswood:

Churchill:

Crescentwood:

Dauphin:

Elmwood:

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