1978 Nova Scotia general election

The 1978 Nova Scotia general election was held on September 19, 1978, to elect members of the 52nd House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.

	Party	Leader	1974	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)
	Progressive Conservative	John Buchanan	12	31	+158%	203,500	45.8%
	Liberal	Gerald Regan	31	17	-45%	175,218	39.4%
	New Democratic	Jeremy Akerman	3	4	+33%	63,979	14.4%
	Other		0	0	0%	2,008	0.4%
Total Seats			46	52		444,705	100%

Popular vote PC   45.76% Liberal   39.40% New Democratic   14.39% Others   0.45%

Seats summary PC   59.62% Liberal   32.69% New Democratic   7.69%

1978 Nova Scotia general election

September 19, 1978
52 seats of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 27 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader John Buchanan Gerald Regan Jeremy Akerman Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic Leader since March 6, 1971 July 24, 1965 November 9, 1968 Leader's seat Halifax Atlantic Halifax Needham Cape Breton East Last election 12 31 3 Seats won 31 17 4 Seat change 19 14 1 Popular vote 203,500 175,218 63,979 Percentage 45.8% 39.4% 14.4% Swing 7.2 8.5% 1.4%
Premier before election Gerald Regan Liberal Premier after election John Buchanan Progressive Conservative

References

• Government of Nova Scotia. "Summary Results from 1867 to 2011" (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2013-10-02.