CBC News is projecting the Saskatchewan Party will remain the governing party of the Prairie province it is named after.
The projected win would be the party’s fifth consecutive majority government — a streak not seen since Tommy Douglas led the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation party (CCF) to five straight majorities in the province from 1944 to 1961.
The win means Scott Moe is projected to once again be Saskatchewan’s premier. He is projected to retain his seat in the Rosthern-Shellbrook constituency.
CBC is also projecting NDP Leader Carla Beck will retain her position as the leader of the Opposition, as she is projected to win her riding of Regina Lakeview.
Results for Saskatchewan’s 2024 provincial election continue to roll in. CBC will continue populating this page with live results as soon as they come in from Elections Saskatchewan.
So far, CBC is projecting Saskatchewan Party candidates to win seats in 32 ridings, one more than the 31 needed for a majority in the province.
Other party leaders projected to lose ridings
The Saskatchewan Party and NDP are projected to make up the entirety of the Saskatchewan Legislature, with leaders and candidates from the other five registered parties — the Buffalo Party of Saskatchewan, the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan, the Saskatchewan Green Party, the Saskatchewan Progress Party and the Saskatchewan United Party — projected to be defeated in all the races they are competing in.
Former Saskatchewan Party minister Lori Carr is projected to win Estevan-Big Muddy, defeating Buffalo Party of Saskatchewan Leader Phil Zajac.
Saskatchewan United Party Leader Jon Hromek is projected to lose the race in the Lumsden-Morse riding to the Saskatchewan Party’s Blaine McLeod.
Meanwhile, the Saskatchewan Party candidate in the Humboldt-Watrous riding, Racquel Hilbert, is projected to defeat Progressive Conservative Leader Rose Buscholl.
Green Party Leader Naomi Hunter is projected to lose in Saskatoon Riversdale to NDP’s Kim Breckner.
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Over the past month of campaigning, parties have duelled over issues like health care, safety, education and affordability.
Five other parties were also on the ballot: the Buffalo Party of Saskatchewan, the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan, the Saskatchewan Green Party, the Saskatchewan Progress Party and the Saskatchewan United Party.
Entering the 2024 election, the governing Saskatchewan Party held 42 of the 61 seats in the legislature, while the Opposition NDP had 14. Three seats were held by Independents and one by Saskatchewan United.
One seat was vacant after Gordon Wyant, a Saskatchewan Party MLA, resigned to run as a candidate in Saskatoon’s upcoming mayoral race.
In the 2020 election, the Saskatchewan Party formed government with 48 seats to the NDP’s 13. No other party landed a seat in the legislature.
A few seats changed hands following that election — the NDP took control of two Regina seats in byelections but lost its long-held Athabasca seat, in the province’s north, to the Saskatchewan Party.
Three MLAs elected as Saskatchewan Party candidates in 2020 — Randy Weekes, Ryan Domotor and Greg Lawrence — were sitting as Independents when the election was called.
Nadine Wilson, who was also elected as a Saskatchewan Party candidate, later sat as an Independent and then a member of the Saskatchewan United Party.
About 32,000 people applied to vote by mail this time, according to chief electoral officer, Michael Boda. Those received by Saturday will be counted on Oct. 30.
Boda said the final vote count will happen on Nov. 9, including mail-in ballots received after Saturday.