Nova Scotia general election, 1998

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The 1999 Nova Scotia election was held on March 24, 1998 to elect members of the House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The Liberal party and New Democratic party tied for the most seats. The Liberals went on to form a minority government with the support of the Conservatives.

1 Results
- 1.1 Results by party
- 1.2 Results by Region
2 References

[edit] Results

[edit] 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%	%
	New Democratic	Robert Chisholm	52	3	4	19	+533.3%	155,361	34.62%	%
	Progressive Conservative	John Hamm	52	9	11	14	+55.6%	133,540	29.75%	%
	Independent Candidates		7	-	-	-	-	1,325	0.30%
Total			163	52	52	52		448,846	100%

[edit] 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

[edit] References

Government of Nova Scotia. Election Summary From 1867 - 2006 (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved on 2006-12-02.

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