Nova Scotia general election, 1998

March 24, 1998

52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 27 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Russell MacLellan	Robert Chisholm	John Hamm
Party	Liberal	New Democratic	Progressive Conservative
Leader's seat	Cape Breton North	Halifax Atlantic	Pictou Centre
Last election	40	3	9
Seats won	19	19	14
Seat change	21	16	5
Popular vote	158,620	155,361	133,540
Percentage	35.34%	34.62%	29.75%
Swing	14.36%	16.92%	3.35%

Premier before election

Russell MacLellan
Liberal

Premier-designate

Russell MacLellan
Liberal

The 34th Nova Scotia general election was held on March 24, 1998 to elect members of the 57th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The Liberal party and the New Democratic Party tied in the seat count, with 19 each, while the Progressive Conservatives won 14 seats. The Liberals went on to form a minority government with the support of the Progressive Conservatives.

Results

Results by party

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	1993	Dissolution	Elected	% Change	#	%	Change
	Liberal	Russell MacLellan	52	40	37	19	-52.5%	158,620	35.34%	-14.36%
	New Democratic	Robert Chisholm	52	3	4	19	+533.3%	155,361	34.62%	+16.92%
	Progressive Conservative	John Hamm	52	9	11	14	+55.6%	133,540	29.75%	-3.35%
	Independent Candidates		7	-	-	-	-	1,325	0.30%
Total			163	52	52	52		448,846	100%

Results by region

Party name			HRM	C.B.	Valley	S. Shore	Fundy	Central	Total
Parties winning seats in the legislature:
	Liberal	Seats:	4	7	3	2	1	2	19
	Liberal	Popular vote:	34.46%	44.91%	32.54%	35.30%	29.31%	31.42%	35.34%
	New Democratic Party	Seats:	13	3	-	1	1	1	19
	New Democratic Party	Popular vote:	43.94%	38.02%	25.44%	28.09%	25.57%	27.41%	34.62%
	Progressive Conservative	Seats:	-	-	4	4	4	2	14
	Progressive Conservative	Popular vote:	21.47%	16.16%	41.66%	36.46%	44.98%	41.17%	29.75%
Parties not winning seats in the legislature:
	Independents	Popular vote:	0.13%	0.91%	0.36%	0.15%	0.14%	-	0.30%
Total seats:			17	10	7	7	6	5	52

References

Government of Nova Scotia. "Summary Results from 1867 to 2011" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2013-10-01.

Elections and referendums in Nova Scotia

General elections	1867 1871 1874 1878 1882 1886 1890 1894 1897 1901 1906 1911 1916 1920 1925 1928 1933 1937 1941 1945 1949 1953 1956 1960 1963 1967 1970 1974 1978 1981 1984 1988 1993 1998 1999 2003 2006 2009 2013 next

Municipal elections	2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Referendums	1929 2004

See also: List of Nova Scotia by-elections

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