2009 Nova Scotia general election

2009 Nova Scotia general election

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52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 27 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Darrell Dexter Stephen McNeil Rodney MacDonald Party New Democratic Liberal Progressive Conservative Leader since June 2, 2002 April 28, 2007 February 11, 2006 Leader's seat Cole Harbour Annapolis Inverness Last election 20 seats, 34.63% 9 seats, 23.44% 23 seats, 39.57% Seats won 31 11 10 Seat change 11 2 13 Popular vote 186,556 112,160 101,203 Percentage 45.24% 27.20% 24.54% Swing 10.61% 3.76% 15.03%
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.
Premier before election Rodney MacDonald Progressive Conservative Premier after election Darrell Dexter New Democratic

The 2009 Nova Scotia general election was held on June 9, 2009 to elect members of the 61st House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The government was defeated on a money bill on May 4, and the Nova Scotia House of Assembly was dissolved by Lieutenant Governor Mayann Francis on May 5.^[1] thereby triggering an election. The NDP won a majority government, forming government the first time in the province's history, and for the first time in an Atlantic Canadian province. The governing Progressive Conservatives were reduced to third place.