Nova Scotia 2021 provincial election results, by voting system

What if people had voted differently?

How this election might play out overall

Explore how different ways of voting might affect the results.

How we vote now:

FPTP

A different way:

How we vote now:FPTP

A different way:

seats wonseats beyond a party’s share of the voteseats its share of the vote earned but it didn’t winvote sharemajorityhalf the votes

	seats won	vote share
NSPC	31(56%)	39%
NSLIB	17(31%)	37%
NSNDP	6(11%)	21%
NSGRN	0(0%)	2%
IND	1(2%)	1%

Seat vs Vote Shareseats wonvote share

	seats won	vote share
NSPC	24(44%)	39%
NSLIB	23(42%)	37%
NSNDP	7(13%)	21%
NSGRN	0(0%)	2%
IND	1(2%)	1%

	seats won	vote share
NSPC	23(42%)	39%
NSLIB	25(45%)	37%
NSNDP	7(13%)	21%
NSGRN	0(0%)	2%
IND	0(0%)	1%

	seats won	vote share
NSPC	23(42%)	39%
NSLIB	21(38%)	37%
NSNDP	11(20%)	21%
NSGRN	0(0%)	2%
IND	0(0%)	1%

	seats won	vote share
NSPC	24(44%)	39%
NSLIB	24(44%)	37%
NSNDP	6(11%)	21%
NSGRN	0(0%)	2%
IND	1(2%)	1%

	seats won	vote share
NSPC	25(40%)	39%
NSLIB	23(37%)	37%
NSNDP	13(21%)	21%
NSGRN	0(0%)	2%
IND	1(2%)	1%

	seats won	vote share
NSPC	24(39%)	39%
NSLIB	25(40%)	37%
NSNDP	13(21%)	21%
NSGRN	0(0%)	2%
IND	0(0%)	1%

	seats won	vote share
NSPC	31(56%)	39%
NSLIB	17(31%)	37%
NSNDP	6(11%)	21%
NSGRN	0(0%)	2%
IND	1(2%)	1%

	seats won	vote share
NSPC	24(44%)	39%
NSLIB	23(42%)	37%
NSNDP	7(13%)	21%
NSGRN	0(0%)	2%
IND	1(2%)	1%

	seats won	vote share
NSPC	23(42%)	39%
NSLIB	25(45%)	37%
NSNDP	7(13%)	21%
NSGRN	0(0%)	2%
IND	0(0%)	1%

Seat vs Vote Shareseats wonvote share

	seats won	vote share
NSPC	23(42%)	39%
NSLIB	21(38%)	37%
NSNDP	11(20%)	21%
NSGRN	0(0%)	2%
IND	0(0%)	1%

	seats won	vote share
NSPC	24(44%)	39%
NSLIB	24(44%)	37%
NSNDP	6(11%)	21%
NSGRN	0(0%)	2%
IND	1(2%)	1%

	seats won	vote share
NSPC	25(40%)	39%
NSLIB	23(37%)	37%
NSNDP	13(21%)	21%
NSGRN	0(0%)	2%
IND	1(2%)	1%

	seats won	vote share
NSPC	24(39%)	39%
NSLIB	25(40%)	37%
NSNDP	13(21%)	21%
NSGRN	0(0%)	2%
IND	0(0%)	1%

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