By TERRY PUGH
The Saskatchewan Party was returned for another four year-term as government, winning 35 of 61 seats province-wide. The NDP will form the Official Opposition, with 26 seats.
Terry Jenson will be representing the riding of Warman as a member of the re-elected Saskatchewan Party government in the next session of the legislature.
Jenson won the riding with a sizeable margin in the October 28 election, receiving 5,709 votes. Erica Baerwald of the NDP placed second with 2,145 votes, according to the Elections Saskatchewan website.
Jenson will be joined on the government side of the Legislative chamber by rookie MLA Jamie Martens, a former Martensville City Councillor. Martens won the Martensville-Bairmore constituency for the Saskathcewan Party with a similar margin of victory. She received 4,424 votes. The NDP candidate in the Martensville-Blairmore riding, Tammy Pike, received 2,717 votes, according to Elections Saskatchewan.
To nobody’s surprise, Saskatchewan Party leader Scott Moe easily won his Shellbrook-Rosthern constituency, recording 5,083 votes. The NDP candidate, Mark Thunderchild of Warman, received 1,741 votes.
Jim Reiter of the Saskatchewan Party won in Rosetown-Delisle with 5,753 votes. Barbara Edel of the NDP had 2,062 votes.
In Batoche, Darlene Rowden of the Saskatchewan Party won after receiving 4,235 votes. Trina Miller, of the NDP placed second with 2,077 votes.
In the Dakota-Arm River constituency south of Saskatoon, rookie MLA Barret Kropf of the Saskatchewan Party took the seat with 4,788 votes. Jordan Wiens of the NDP received 1,949 votes.
Raquel Hilbert of the Saskatchewan Party was victorious in the riding of Humboldt-Watrous east of Saskatoon. She won with 5,085 votes. NDP candidate Kevin Fallis placed second with 1,976 votes.
The Saskatchewan Party dominated the rural constituencies in Saskatchewan, while the NDP almost swept the two large urban centres of Saskatoon and Regina.
The Saskatchewan Party also won the popular vote, receiving 53% of all ballots cast in the election. In total, the Saskatchewan Party received 232,760 votes province-wide.
The NDP received 39.5% of the popular vote, earning 173,285 ballots across the province.
The Saskatchewan United Party didn’t elect any members to the legislature, but accounted for 4.1% of the popular vote, receiving a total of 17,658 votes overall.
The Saskatchewan Green Party placed fourth in the popular vote at 1.8%, receiving a total of 7,726 votes.
The Progressive Conservative Party was fifth, earning 1% of the popular vote and 4,300 votes.