The leaders of Saskatchewan’s two main political parties are expected to retain their seats.

CBC projects Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck to win in her riding of Regina Lakeview, while Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe is expected to do the same in Rosthern-Shellbrook.

Results from Saskatchewan’s 2024 provincial election continue to come in. CBC will continue to broadcast this page with live results as they arrive from Elections Saskatchewan.

So far, Saskatchewan Party candidates in more than two dozen ridings are expected to retain their seats, including several former ministers.

Former minister Lori Carr is also expected to win Estevan-Big Muddy, defeating Saskatchewan Buffalo Party Leader Phil Zajac.

Saskatchewan United Party Leader Jon Hromek is expected to lose the Lumsden-Morse riding race to Saskatchewan Party’s Blaine McLeod.

Meanwhile, Saskatchewan Party candidate in the riding of Humboldt-Watrous, Racquel Hilbert, is expected to defeat Progressive Conservative Leader Rose Buscholl.

NDP candidates are expected to win several ridings in Saskatoon and Regina. Green Party Leader Naomi Hunter is expected to lose the race in Saskatoon Riversdale to the NDP’s Kim Breckner.

The NDP is also expected to retake Athabasca, a riding it won in the 2020 election but lost to the Saskatchewan Party in a 2022 byelection.

There are 61 seats in the Legislative Assembly, meaning a party needs 31 ridings to form a majority government.

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During the final month of campaigning, the parties clashed over issues such as health care, safety, education and affordability.

The Saskatchewan Party seeks to form its fifth consecutive governmentwhile the Saskatchewan NDP seeks to return to power for the first time since 2007.

Five other parties are also on the ballot: the Buffalo Party of Saskatchewan, the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan, the Green Party of Saskatchewan, the Progress Party of Saskatchewan and the United Party of Saskatchewan.

Heading into the 2024 election, the governing Saskatchewan Party held 42 of the 61 seats in the legislature, while the opposition NDP held 14. Three seats were held by independents and one by Saskatchewan United.

A seat was vacant after Saskatchewan Party MP Gordon Wyant resigned to run as a candidate in the upcoming Saskatoon mayoral race.

In the 2020 election, the Saskatchewan Party formed the government with 48 seats to 13 for the NDP. No other party won a seat in the Legislative Assembly.

A few seats changed hands after this election — the NDP took control of two seats in Regina in the by-elections but lost his long-standing siege of Athabascain the north of the province, to the Saskatchewan Party.

Three MPs elected as Saskatchewan Party candidates in 2020 – Randy Weekes, Ryan Domotor and Greg Lawrence – were sitting as independents when the election was called.

Nadine Wilson, who was also elected as a Saskatchewan Party candidate, later sat as an independent and then as a member of the Saskatchewan United Party.

Election workers will now begin counting ballots by hand. Chief Electoral Officer of Saskatchewan said he expects the countdown to last until midnight. Last year, the Saskatchewan Party government voted to ban automatic counters in the provincial election, rejecting the official’s recommendation.

According to Elections Saskatchewan, 273,010 people voted early over five days, or about 33 per cent of the province’s approximately 811,000 eligible voters. In the 2020 elections, 184,742 people voted early.

Overall turnout in the 2020 election reached 52.9 per cent, the second lowest in Saskatchewan history, dating back to 1982.

This time, about 32,000 people requested to vote by mail, according to Chief Electoral Officer Michael Boda. Those received by Saturday will be counted on October 30.

Boda said the final vote count would take place on Nov. 9, including mail-in ballots received after Saturday.