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2021 Yukon general election
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All 19 seats to the Legislative Assembly 10 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2021 Yukon general election was held on April 12, 2021, to return members of the 35th Yukon Legislative Assembly.[1][3] The election resulted in a hung parliament where the incumbent governing Yukon Liberal Party and the opposition Yukon Party won 8 seats each, while the Yukon New Democratic Party held the remaining 3. As the incumbent party given the first opportunity to form government, a Liberal minority government was sworn in on April 23, 2021.[4] The Liberals and NDP announced the establishment of a formal confidence and supply agreement on April 28, 2021.[5]
During the 2016 election, the Liberals included a commitment in their platform to introduce fixed election dates in the territory.[6] In October 2020, the government introduced legislation to amend the Elections Act and create fixed election dates.[7] The legislation passed in December 2020, and took effect after the 2021 election.[8]
Voter turnout dropped almost twelve percentage points compared to 2016, caused to an extent by the introduction of a standing List of Electors, resulting in a higher percentage of Yukoners being registered. More votes were cast than in 2016, in part due to the territory's strong population growth since the last election.[citation needed]
- ^ a b "FAQ". Elections Yukon. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
The next territorial election will be held no later than November 18, 2021.
- ^ "Kate White to be the new leader of the Yukon NDP". Yukon News. April 24, 2019. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
- ^ "Online election registration now available". Whitehorse Star. December 8, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ "Yukon Liberals set to be sworn-in as party aims to form minority government". CTVNews. April 23, 2021. Archived from the original on April 24, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
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- ^ Ritchie, Haley (October 10, 2020). "Fixed election dates proposed". Yukon News. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ Ritchie, Haley (December 30, 2020). "Marathon fall legislature sitting ends". Yukon News. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
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