Saskatchewan general election, 2016
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| Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. A star (*) marks the party leader’s riding. An (X) means the party leader ran in this riding but failed to win the seat. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 28th Saskatchewan general election, was held on April 4, 2016, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. The Lieutenant Governor dissolved the Legislature on March 8, 2016, setting the election date for April 4. The election resulted in the Saskatchewan Party winning its third majority government. This is the first time in 90 years that a party other than the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP) or its predecessor the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) has won a third consecutive majority mandate in Saskatchewan. It is also the first time that a centre-right party has won three consecutive elections in the province.
Under The Legislative Assembly Act, 2007 (Saskatchewan), the election "must be held" on the first Monday of November in the fourth calendar year following the previous election. As the last election was held in 2011, that date would be November 2, 2015. However, the act also provides that if the election period would overlap with a federal election period, the provincial election is to be postponed until the first Monday of the following April. Under the federal fixed-term act, the 42nd general election occurred on October 19, 2015, overlapping election periods by approximately two weeks. Because the federal Conservatives called the election on August 2, 2015 for October 19, the Saskatchewan election was held on April 4, 2016, even though the Lieutenant Governor retained the power to dissolve the Legislative Assembly early on the Premier's advice.
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