Election 2016: Saskatchewan election results at a glance
Brad Wall will begin his third term with a majority government after the Sask. Party captured 62.5 per cent of the vote in Monday’s election.
The Sask. Party will now have 51 seats in the legislature – two more than when the legislature dissolved when Wall dropped the writ March 8.
The opposition NDP will now sit with 10 MLAs, one more than when the legislature dissolved. However, the party’s leader Cam Broten lost his seat to the Sask. Party ‘s David Buckingham.
Voter turnout for the 2016 election was down with only 56.83 per cent of Saskatchewan’s 815,000 eligible voters casting a ballot. This despite an increase in ballots cast at advance polls.