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The 2020 Saskatchewan general election was held on October 26, 2020 to elect members of the
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan is the legislative chamber of the Saskatchewan Legislature in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Bills passed by the assembly are given royal assent by the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, in the na ...
. This date is set by Saskatchewan's fixed election date law. The writ was dropped on September 29 just in time to hold the election on October 26. The previous election re-elected the
Saskatchewan Party The Saskatchewan Party is a centre-right political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Since 2007, it has been the province's governing party; both the party and the province are currently led by Premier Scott Moe. The party was e ...
to its third consecutive majority government under the leadership of
Brad Wall Bradley John Wall (born November 24, 1965), is a Canadian former politician who served as the 14th premier of Saskatchewan from November 21, 2007 until February 2, 2018. He is the fourth longest-tenured premier in the province's history. His s ...
. On August 10, 2017, Wall announced his resignation as leader, pending the election of his successor. On January 27, 2018, Environment Minister
Scott Moe Scott Moe (born July 31, 1973) is a Canadian politician serving as the 15th and current premier of Saskatchewan since February 2, 2018. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the riding of Rosthern-Shellbrook, first ele ...
was elected leader of the Saskatchewan Party. He was appointed and sworn in as premier on February 2. The conservative Saskatchewan Party under Moe was re-elected to its fourth consecutive majority government. There had been discussion of holding a referendum on electoral change (moving to
proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...
) but no such referendum was held in conjunction with this election.


Date

Since 2010, the Legislative Assembly has had a fixed four-year term. According to the 2019 amendment to , "the first general election after the coming into force of this subsection must be held on Monday, October 26, 2020". 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; in this case: April 5, 2021. Because the incumbent 43rd Canadian Parliament is a minority Parliament, such a federal election was possible, but it did not occur prior to the provincial election being called. The fixed election law does not infringe on the
Lieutenant Governor A lieutenant governor, lieutenant-governor, or vice governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction. Often a lieutenant governor is the deputy, or lieutenant, to or ranked under a governor — a "second-in-comm ...
's right to dissolve the Legislative Assembly at an earlier date on the Premier's advice. Although Premier Moe hinted at the possibility of a
snap election A snap election is an election that is called earlier than the one that has been scheduled. Generally, a snap election in a parliamentary system (the dissolution of parliament) is called to capitalize on an unusual electoral opportunity or to ...
in the Spring of 2020, Moe announced on March 12 that he would not do so, citing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Saskatchewan. This is the third provincial election held in Canada during the
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after
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and
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.


Incumbents not contesting their seats


Retiring incumbents

Saskatchewan Party New Democratic Party


Election summary

Like the previous election, few seats changed hands, though there was a small swing in the overall popular vote to the NDP. The Saskatchewan Party retained its sweep of the central and southern rural ridings, with no rural seats changing hands. Overall, the NDP's seat total was left unchanged at 13. No other party won any seats. Saskatoon saw a swing to the NDP, with the New Democrats recording a net gain of one seat. The NDP picked up
Saskatoon Eastview Saskatoon Eastview is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. This district includes the neighbourhoods of Queen Elizabeth, Eastview, Nutana Park, Adelaide/Churchill and Avalon. The riding was ...
and
Saskatoon University Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province. It is located along the Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway, and has served as t ...
from the Sask. Party, however (especially given the overall swing to the NDP in the cities) the surprise of the night was in Saskatoon Riversdale, the riding of former premier
Roy Romanow Roy John Romanow (born August 12, 1939) is a Canadian politician and the 12th premier of Saskatchewan from 1991 to 2001. Early life Romanow was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, to Tekla and Michael Romanow, who were Ukrainian immigrants from O ...
, which was won by the Saskatchewan Party for the first time ever. It was only the second time in that riding's history it was not won by the NDP, and arguably an even bigger upset since the only other such occasion was the 1982 Progressive Conservative landslide in which (unlike in 2020) the Tories took all of Saskatoon. Regina also saw a swing towards the NDP, which gained
Regina University Regina University is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. It was first contested in the 2016 election. The district was created from parts of Regina South, Regina Douglas Park and Regina Wascan ...
from the Saskatchewan Party. However, this was balanced by the loss of its 2018 by-election gain of Regina Northeast. The Saskatchewan Party also re-gained the seat of Prince Albert Northcote, leaving the NDP shut out outside of Saskatoon, Regina and Northern Saskatchewan. The newly formed Buffalo Party finished second in four rural ridings, and finished third place in the overall popular vote despite running far fewer candidates than the Green Party or the Progressive Conservatives. The PC's finished fifth behind the Greens in overall popular vote, but recorded more votes per candidate than the Greens. The Greens were the only other party besides the Saskatchewan Party and NDP to run anything close to a full slate of candidates, but averaged barely more votes per candidate on average than the essentially dormant Liberal Party. The Liberals ran only three paper candidates in order to maintain their party registration and did not run a meaningful campaign. , - !rowspan="2" colspan="2", Party !rowspan="2", Leader !rowspan="2", Candidates !colspan="4", Seats !colspan="3", Popular vote , - ! 2016 ! Dissol. !2020 !+/- !Votes !% !% change , align=left,
Scott Moe Scott Moe (born July 31, 1973) is a Canadian politician serving as the 15th and current premier of Saskatchewan since February 2, 2018. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the riding of Rosthern-Shellbrook, first ele ...
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Ryan Meili Ryan Meili (born April 11, 1975) is a Canadian physician and politician from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He previously served as the MLA for Saskatoon Meewasin from 2017 to 2022 and as leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party from 2018 to 2 ...
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Detailed analysis


5 closest ridings

Incumbents are denoted in bold and followed by (I)''.


Candidates by riding

Candidates in bold represent cabinet members and the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. ''Party leaders'' are ''italicized''. The symbol † indicates
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MLAs who are not running again.


Northwest Saskatchewan


Northeast Saskatchewan


West Central Saskatchewan


Southwest Saskatchewan


Southeast Saskatchewan


Saskatoon


Regina


List of MLAs who lost their seat


Open seats changing hands


Opinion polls


References

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