Nova Scotia general election, 2006

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52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
27 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
			LIB
Leader	Rodney MacDonald	Darrell Dexter	Francis MacKenzie
Party	Progressive Conservative	New Democratic	Liberal
Leader's seat	Inverness	Cole Harbour	Ran in Bedford (lost)
Last election	25 seats, 36.32%	15 seats, 31.00%	12 seats, 31.47%
Seats won	23	20	9
Seat change	2	5	3
Popular vote	160,119	140,128	94,872
Percentage	39.57%	34.63%	23.44%
Swing	3.33%	3.52%	7.99%

Riding map of Nova Scotia showing winning parties.

Premier before election

Rodney MacDonald
Progressive Conservative

Premier-designate

Rodney MacDonald
Progressive Conservative

The 37th Nova Scotia general election was held on June 13, 2006 to elect members of the 60th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada.

Premier Rodney MacDonald, who led a Progressive Conservative minority government in the legislature, called for the election on May 13, 2006, hoping for a majority government to better advance his agenda and a clear mandate for himself as he had not yet fought an election as leader.

Ultimately, MacDonald was returned to power leading another, slightly smaller, minority government against a strengthened New Democratic Party sitting as the Official Opposition and a weakened Liberal Party. Liberal leader Francis MacKenzie was defeated in his riding of Bedford.

The Progressive Conservatives gained several points in the popular vote, but made a net loss of two seats, with losses to the NDP partially countered by the PCs doubling their representation on MacDonald's native Cape Breton Island at the expense of the Liberals. The gap between the Liberals and NDP also significantly increased, in both the popular vote and seat count; while the Liberals and NDP had previously been nearly even, the NDP gained a significant advantage on the Liberals and moved into position as the primary opposition to the governing PCs.

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