2019 Alberta general election

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The 2019 Alberta general election was the 30th general election in Alberta, Canada. The election was held to elect members to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. It took place on April 16, 2019.[1]

Parties[change | change source]

These are the major parties in Alberta.

Opinion polls[change | change source]

Below is the 3-day average of opinion polls towards the election.

Three-day average of Alberta opinion polls from May 5, 2015, to the last possible date of the next election on May 31, 2019. Each line represents a political party.

Results[change | change source]

Parties Popular vote[3] Total seats
Votes % +/− Seats +/− %
United Conservative Party 1,040,004 54.9% Increase 2.9% 63 Increase 38 72.4%
Alberta New Democratic Party 619,147 32.7% Decrease 8.0% 24 Decrease 28 27.6%
Alberta Party 171,996 9.1% Increase 6.8% 0 Decrease 3 0.0%
Alberta Liberal Party 18,546 1.0% Decrease 3.2% 0 Decrease 1 0.0%
Freedom Conservative Party 9,945 0.5% New 0 New 0.0%
Green Party 7,676 0.4% Decrease 0.1% 0 Steady 0.0%
Communist Party – Alberta 302 0.0% Steady 0 Steady 0.0%
Others 27,369 1.4%
Totals 1,894,985 100.0% 0 87 0 100.0%

By region[change | change source]

Region results in % United NDP Alberta Liberal FCP Green others
Calgary 53.2 34.0 9.5 2.0 0.2 0.6 0.5
Central 63.5 23.1 9.8 0.1 1.1 0.4 2.0
Edmonton 34.6 52.6 9.9 1.0 0.1 0.5 1.3
North 69.4 20.3 8.0 0.2 0.4 0.1 1.6
South 64.2 25.1 6.3 0.9 1.0 0.1 2.4

References[change | change source]

  1. "Alberta political leaders fuel early provincial election speculation". CBC News. December 7, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  2. "Wildrose-PC members to vote on new united party July 22". edmontonjournal.com. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  3. Elections Alberta (April 26, 2019). "Provincial Results". Retrieved April 26, 2019.