1973 Manitoba general election

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1973 Manitoba general election

← 1969 June 28, 1973 1977 →
57 seats of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba 29 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   PC LIB Leader Edward Schreyer Sidney Spivak Izzy Asper Party New Democratic Progressive Conservative Liberal Leader since June 7, 1969 February 27, 1971 October 31, 1970 Leader's seat Rossmere River Heights Wolseley Last election 28 22 5 Seats won 31 21 5 Seat change 3 1 0 Popular vote 197,585 171,553 88,907 Percentage 42.31% 36.73% 19.04% Swing 4.04pp 1.17pp 4.95pp
Map of Election Results
Premier before election Edward Schreyer New Democratic Premier after election Edward Schreyer New Democratic

The 1973 Manitoba general election was held on June 28, 1973 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was won by the social-democratic New Democratic Party, which took 31 of 57 seats to win government in its own right for the first time. The Progressive Conservative Party finished second with 21, while the Manitoba Liberal Party took the remaining five. The Manitoba Social Credit Party lost its only seat.

A right-of-centre municipal organization known as the Independent Citizens' Election Committee convinced the Progressive Conservative and Liberal parties to avoid competing against each other in certain Winnipeg-area ridings, such that a single "anti-socialist" alternative to the NDP could be offered. This campaign was generally unsuccessful.