Saskatchewan general election, 1978

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October 18, 1978 (1978-10-18)

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61 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
32 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
		PC	LIB
Leader	Allan Blakeney	Richard Collver	Ted Malone
Party	New Democratic	Progressive Conservative	Liberal
Leader since	July 4, 1970	March 18, 1973	December 11, 1976
Leader's seat	Regina Elphinstone	Nipawin	Regina Lakeview (lost re-election)
Last election	39	7	15
Seats before	39	11	11
Seats won	44	17	0
Seat change	5	6	11
Popular vote	228,791	181,045	65,498
Percentage	48.12%	38.08%	13.78%
Swing	8.05pp	10.46pp	17.89pp

Premier before election

Allan Blakeney
New Democratic

Premier-designate

Allan Blakeney
New Democratic

The Saskatchewan general election of 1978 was the nineteenth provincial election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on October 18, 1978, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

The New Democratic government of Premier Allan Blakeney was returned for a third consecutive term with an increased majority in the legislature, and a larger share of the popular vote.

The Progressive Conservative Party of Richard Collver continued to increase its share of the popular vote in this election. They were the only other party to win seats and became the official opposition to the Blakeney government.

Fierce political infighting in the Liberal Party after the resignation of leader David Steuart led to electoral disaster in 1978. The Liberals had lost two of the 15 seats they won in 1975 to by-elections and two more Grits crossed the floor to the Tories prior to the 1978 election. Under the disputed leadership of Ted Malone, the Liberals lost all of the 11 seats they still held in the legislature and more than half the votes it had won in the 1975 election.

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