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The 1981 Nova Scotia general election was held on October 6, 1981, to elect members of the 53rd House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada.[1] It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.
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52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 27 seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Party | Leader | 1978 | Seats won | % change | Popular vote | (%) | |
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Progressive Conservative | John Buchanan | 31 | 37 | +19% | 200,228 | 45.8% | |
Liberal | A.M. "Sandy" Cameron | 17 | 13 | -23% | 139,604 | 33.2% | |
New Democratic | Alexa McDonough | 4 | 1 | -75% | 76,289 | 18.1% | |
Independent | N/A | 1 | N/A | 1.2% | |||
Total Seats | 52 | 52 | 421,123 | 100% | |||
* vote share included in "other".
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