Provincial General Election 2024
Judicial Recounts Announced
Supreme Court of Nova Scotia orders have been issued for recounts of all ballots cast in the following 2 electoral districts for the provincial general election, held on Tuesday, November 26, 2024.
Electoral district 1 Annapolis, this recount will take place on Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10 am at the Annapolis Royal Firehall Auditorium. This application was made by Elections Nova Scotia under clause 148 (3)(b)(c)(d) of the Elections Act, because there are only 7 votes separating the top two candidates.
Electoral district 55 Yarmouth, this recount will take place on Monday, December 9, 2024 at 9:30 am at the Yarmouth Justice Centre. The application for this judicial recount was made by Liberal candidate Zach Churchill.
The deadline to apply for a judicial recount for the provincial general election was Monday, December 2, 2024.
Provincial General Election Official Results
Official addition results for the 55 electoral districts are now available on the Elections Nova Scotia website (electionsnovascotia.ca).
Follow this link to view the official results for the 42nd provincial general election.
The following indicates the number of electoral districts for each registered political party and independent candidates:
Green Party: 0 electoral districts
Liberal: 2 electoral districts
NDP: 9 electoral districts
NS United: 0 electoral districts
PC Party: 43 electoral districts
Independent candidates: 1 electoral districts
The total number of ballots cast was 356,320.
As of Sunday, November 24, 2024, there were 788,427 registered voters in Nova Scotia.
According to Section 148 3(b)(c)(d) of the Elections Act, at the official addition if the number of votes separating the candidate receiving the highest number of votes an any other candidate is fewer than ten the returning officer with the assistance of the Chief Electoral Officer will give notice to each candidate in that electoral district of the application for a recount. The electoral district of Annapolis has only 7 votes separating the top two candidates so there will be a recount in that electoral district. Chief Electoral Officer Dorothy Rice will work with the returning office for Annapolis to engage the recount process.
The deadline for application to a judge for a recount for the provincial general election is four days after the official addition, Monday, December 2, 2024.
A candidate is officially declared elected when the writ of election has been completed and returned by the returning officer to the Chief Electoral Officer per section 159 of the Elections Act.
Poll-by-poll results and further analysis on voter turnout for the provincial general election will be published in Elections Nova Scotia’s post-election report in the coming months.
Provincial General Election Media Releases
Elections Nova Scotia issues media releases throughout the provincial general election to update voters. Click here to view the list of media releases for the provincial general election.