2019 Alberta general election facts for kids
The 2019 Alberta general election was the 30th general election in Alberta, Canada. The election was held to elect members to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. It took place on April 16, 2019.
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Parties
These are the major parties in Alberta.
- Alberta New Democratic Party; led by Rachel Notley and currently has the most seats in the Legislative Assembly.
- United Conservative Party; lead by Jason Kenney; merger of the Wildrose Party and the Progressive Conservative Association.
- Alberta Party; led by Stephen Mandel.
- Alberta Liberal Party; led by David Khan.
- Freedom Conservative Party; led by Derek Fildebrandt.
Opinion polls
Below is the 3-day average of opinion polls towards the election.
Results
Parties | Popular vote | Total seats | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | +/− | Seats | +/− | % | ||
United Conservative Party | 1,040,004 | 54.9% | 2.9% | 63 | 38 | 72.4% | |
Alberta New Democratic Party | 619,147 | 32.7% | 8.0% | 24 | 28 | 27.6% | |
Alberta Party | 171,996 | 9.1% | 6.8% | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | |
Alberta Liberal Party | 18,546 | 1.0% | 3.2% | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | |
Freedom Conservative Party | 9,945 | 0.5% | New | 0 | New | 0.0% | |
Green Party | 7,676 | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | ||
Communist Party – Alberta | 302 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | |||
Others | 27,369 | 1.4% | |||||
Totals | 1,894,985 | 100.0% | 0 | 87 | 0 | 100.0% |
By region
Region results in % | United | NDP | Alberta | Liberal | FCP | Green | others |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Calgary | 53.2 | 34.0 | 9.5 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
Central | 63.5 | 23.1 | 9.8 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
Edmonton | 34.6 | 52.6 | 9.9 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
North | 69.4 | 20.3 | 8.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.6 |
South | 64.2 | 25.1 | 6.3 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 2.4 |
See also
In Spanish: Elecciones provinciales de Alberta de 2019 para niños
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