Nova Scotia 2029 · Election tracker

Nova Scotia's next election, tracked every day.

Polls, seats, riding map, promises, candidates and the dates that matter, from public sources only, reported the same way for every party.

366 days to the next general election, Monday, November 26, 2029. Nova Scotia has no fixed election date: a 2025 law repealed the fixed-date provision, so the only limit is the constitutional maximum of five years from the return of the writs, which puts the latest date at about late November or early December 2029 (some sources say Nov. 26, others Dec. 7). The Premier can ask the Lieutenant Governor to dissolve the House at any time; the last general election was a snap election held on Nov. 26, 2024. Last updated

Where it stands

The race today

Vote intention, 2026

Every published poll

Dots are single polls among decided voters. Lines are the average of the three most recent polls at each date. One poll is one reading; the line is the better guide.

Electoral map

District by district

All districts on one map. Tap or hover one to see who holds it and who is running there.

Analysis

This week and today

Campaign promises

What the parties have committed to

Every public commitment a party or leader makes for the 2029 election, in plain words, with the date and source. Costs are shown only when the party gives one. We record promises; we don't rate them.

DatePartyPromiseCost (party's figure)Status

Candidates

Who is running, district by district

Nominated candidates and people seeking a party's nomination, district by district, once nominations open. MLA marks a sitting member.

DistrictCandidatePartyStatus

Sources: party announcements, Elections Nova Scotia and news reports; see each row's link.

Calendar

Dates that matter

    Turnover

    Not running again

    MLAPartyDistrict

    Source: announcements compiled from news reports.

    The house

    Seats now and at the 2024 election

    PartyLeaderNow20242024 vote

    Premier Tim Houston called an early election for Nov. 26, 2024, and the Progressive Conservatives won 43 of 55 seats with 52.5% of the vote; the NDP became the Official Opposition with 9 seats, the Liberals fell to 2 and Liberal leader Zach Churchill lost his seat, while Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin was re-elected as an Independent. In 2025 the government repealed the fixed-election-date law. Former justice minister Becky Druhan left the PC caucus in October 2025 and joined the Liberals in May 2026, and Iain Rankin has been interim Liberal leader since December 2025. After a court ruling, a boundaries commission added a 56th seat, Chéticamp-Margarees-Pleasant Bay, carved from Inverness; the PCs won it in a June 23, 2026 by-election.

    How we build this

    Public numbers, reported the same way for every party.

    Every figure links to its source: Elections Nova Scotia, the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, published polls and news reports. The poll average is a plain mean of polls whose fieldwork ended within 30 days of the newest poll, or the last three polls if fewer. We don't weight pollsters, project seats or endorse anyone.

    Churchill Strategy is an Edmonton event production and campaign firm. We have worked with conservative parties in Alberta, Saskatchewan and federally, and with a campaign in Alberta's 2026 referendum. That is why we keep this page to sourced facts. See something wrong? Email winston.pon@churchillstrategy.ca and we'll correct it the same day.