Saskatchewan general election, 1986

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October 20, 1986 (1986-10-20)

→ 1991

64 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 33 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
	PC
Leader	Grant Devine	Allan Blakeney	Ralph Goodale
Party	Progressive Conservative	New Democratic	Liberal
Leader since	November 9, 1979	July 4, 1970	June 13, 1981
Leader's seat	Estevan	Regina Elphinstone	Assiniboia-Gravelbourg
Last election	55	9	0
Seats before	54	8	0
Seats won	38	25	1
Seat change	–16	+17	+1
Popular vote	244,382	247,683	54,739
Percentage	44.61%	45.20%	9.99%
Swing	–9.46pp	+7.56pp	+5.48pp

Premier before election

Grant Devine
Progressive Conservative

Premier-designate

Grant Devine
Progressive Conservative

The Saskatchewan general election of 1986 was the twenty-first provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on October 20, 1986, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

The Progressive Conservative government of Premier Grant Devine was returned for a second term with a reduced majority in the legislature.

While the New Democratic Party managed to increase its share of the popular vote and significantly increase its presence in the legislature, former Premier Allan Blakeney's attempt to return to power was unsuccessful. Despite winning slightly more votes than the , most of the NDP's votes were wasted on landslide margins in Regina and Saskatoon. While the NDP won eight seats in Regina and eight seats in Saskatoon, they only won nine seats in the rest of the province. As a result, they were consigned to Official Opposition status for another term.

The Liberal Party captured almost 10% of the popular vote, but elected only one member – party leader Ralph Goodale – to the legislature.

Note: * Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.

Names in bold represent cabinet ministers and the Speaker. Party leaders are italicized. The symbol " ** " indicates MLAs who are not running again.

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