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1981 Nova Scotia general election

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October 6, 1981

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← 52nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia

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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
	PC	Lib
Leader	John Buchanan	A.M. "Sandy" Cameron	Alexa McDonough
Party	Progressive Conservative	Liberal	New Democratic
Leader since	March 6, 1971	June 8, 1980	November 16, 1980
Leader's seat	Halifax Atlantic	Guysborough	Halifax Chebucto
Last election	31	17	4
Seats won	37	13	1
Seat change	7	4	3
Popular vote	200,228	139,604	76,289
Percentage	45.8%	33.2%	18.1%
Swing	Template:Equal0.0	6.2%	3.7%

Premier before election

John Buchanan
Progressive Conservative

Premier after election

John Buchanan
Progressive Conservative

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. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.

Results

Results by party

	Party	Leader	1978	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)
	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".

Popular vote

PC			47.55%
Liberal			33.15%
New Democratic			18.12%
Others			1.18%

Seats summary

PC			71.15%
Liberal			25.00%
New Democratic			1.92%
Others			1.92%

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