1986 Manitoba general election

The 1986 Manitoba general election was held on March 18, 1986 to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. It was won by the New Democratic Party, which took 30 seats out of 57. The Progressive Conservative Party won 26 seats and formed the official opposition. The Manitoba Liberal Party, which had not been represented in the previous legislature, won one seat.

Opinion polls

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size:85%;line-height:14px;" align="center"

|+ Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level

! rowspan="2" | Polling firm

! rowspan="2" |Last day of survey

! rowspan="2" | Source

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| NDP

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| PC

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| MLP

! class="unsortable" style="width:40px;"| Other

! rowspan="2" |

! rowspan="2" | Sample

|- style="line-height:5px;"

! style="background:;" data-sort-type="number"|

| style="background:#ffd;" |Election 1986

| style="background:#ffd;" |March 18, 1986

| style="background:#ffd;" |

| style="background:#ffd;" |41.50

| style="background:#ffd;" |40.56

| style="background:#ffd;" |13.92

| style="background:#ffd;" |2.96

| style="background:#ffd;" |

|Institute of Social and Economic Research

|February 1986

|style="background:#F4A460"|44.5

|39.5

|14.1

|Institute of Social and Economic Research

|April 1984

|26.5

|style="background:#9999FF"|59.5

|14

| style="background:#ffd;" |Election 1981

| style="background:#ffd;" |November 17, 1981

| style="background:#ffd;" |

| style="background:#ffd;" |47.38

| style="background:#ffd;" |43.82

| style="background:#ffd;" |6.70

| style="background:#ffd;" |2.10

| style="background:#ffd;" |

Results

{| class="wikitable"

!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Party

!rowspan="2"|Party Leader

!rowspan="2"|# of candidates

!colspan="3"|Seats

!colspan="3"|Popular Vote

!Before1

!Elected

!% Change

!Change

| New Democratic

| Howard Pawley

|align="right"|57

|align="right"|32

|align="right"| 30

|align="right"|-6.3%

|align="right"|198,261

|align="right"|41.50%

|align="right"|-5.88

| Progressive Conservative

| Gary Filmon

|align="right"|57

|align="right"|22

|align="right"| 26

|align="right"| +18.2%

|align="right"|193,728

|align="right"|40.56%

|align="right"|-3.26

| Liberal

| Sharon Carstairs

|align="right"|57

|align="right"| -

|align="right"|1

|align="right"|  

|align="right"|66,469

|align="right"|13.92%

|align="right"|+7.22

| Dennis Heeney

|align="right"|14

|align="right"|-

|align="right"|11,677

|align="right"|2.44%

|align="right"|+2.44

| Sidney Green

|align="right"|12

|align="right"|-

|align="right"|2,451

|align="right"|0.51%

|align="right"|-1.30

| Western Canada Concept

| Fred Cameron

|align="right"|5

|align="right"|-

|align="right"|672

|align="right"|0.14%

|align="right"|+0.14

| Paula Fletcher

|align="right"|5

|align="right"|-

|align="right"|356

|align="right"|0.08%

|align="right"|+0.03

| colspan="2"|Independent

|align="right"|9

|align="right"|2

|align="right"| -

|align="right"|-100%

|align="right"|4,076

|align="right"|0.85%

|align="right"|+0.61

| Clancy Smith

|align="right"|(4)

|align="right"|-

|align="right"| 

|colspan="3"| Total

|align="right"|216

|align="right"|57

|align="right"| 57

|align="right"|-

|align="right"|477,690

|align="right"|100%

|align="right"| 

1 "Before" refers to standings in the Legislature at dissolution, and not to the results of the previous election. These numbers therefore reflect changes in party standings as a result of by-elections and members crossing the floor.

Vote and seat summaries

Synopsis of results

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="text-align:right; font-size:90%"

|+ 1986 Manitoba general election – synopsis of riding results

! rowspan="3" | Electoral division

! colspan="10" | Winning party

! colspan="7" |Votes

! rowspan="2" colspan="2" scope="col" |1981

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col" | 1st place

! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Votes

! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Share

! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Margin #

! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Margin %

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col" | 2nd place

! NDP

! PC

! Lib

! CoR

! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Total

! scope="col" style="background-color:;"|

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| style="text-align:left;"|Arthur

| | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 4,569 || 61.11% || 3,371 || 45.08% || | || style="text-align:left;"|CoR || 1,009 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|4,569 || 701 || 1,198 || – || – || 7,477

| style="text-align:left;"|Assiniboia

| | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 3,813 || 51.62% || 1,618 || 21.90% || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 2,195 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|3,813 || 1,379 || – || – || – || 7,387

| style="text-align:left;"|Brandon East

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 4,173 || 52.88% || 989 || 12.53% || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|4,173 || 3,184 || 535 || – || – || – || 7,892

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

| style="text-align:left;"|Brandon West

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 5,537 || 53.11% || 1,409 || 13.52% || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 4,128 || 5,537 || 760 || – || – || – || 10,425

| style="text-align:left;"|Burrows

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 3,547 || 53.04% || 2,110 || 31.55% || | || style="text-align:left;"|Ind || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|3,547 || 950 || 587 || – || style="background-color:#F0E68C;"|1,473 || 131 || 6,688

| style="text-align:left;"|Charleswood

| | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 6,524 || 56.43% || 3,698 || 31.99% || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 2,826 || 6,524 || 2,211 || – || – || – || 11,561

| style="text-align:left;"|Churchill

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 2,940 || 73.50% || 2,083 || 52.08% || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,940 || 857 || 203 || – || – || – || 4,000

| style="text-align:left;"|Concordia

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 4,525 || 54.37% || 1,841 || 22.12% || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|4,525 || 2,684 || 909 || – || – || 204 || 8,322

| style="text-align:left;"|Dauphin

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 4,886 || 52.27% || 1,765 || 18.88% || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|4,886 || 3,121 || 1,341 || – || – || – || 9,348

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

| style="text-align:left;"|Ellice

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 3,989 || 57.67% || 2,258 || 32.64% || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 3,989 || 1,731 || 929 || – || – || 268 || 6,917

| style="text-align:left;"|Elmwood

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 3,241 || 45.84% || 1,235 || 17.47% || | || style="text-align:left;"|Ind || 3,241 || 1,435 || 389 || – || style="background-color:#EABB94;"|2,006 || – || 7,071

| style="text-align:left;"|Emerson

| | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 4,758 || 51.75% || 978 || 10.64% || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 3,780 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|4,758 || 656 || – || – || – || 9,194

| style="text-align:left;"|Flin Flon

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 3,316 || 69.49% || 2,244 || 47.02% || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|3,316 || 1,072 || 384 || – || – || – || 4,772

| style="text-align:left;"|Fort Garry

| | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 5,146 || 48.45% || 1,988 || 18.72% || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 3,158 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|5,146 || 2,114 || – || – || 204 || 10,622

| style="text-align:left;"|Fort Rouge

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 4,223 || 48.86% || 1,633 || 18.89% || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|4,223 || 2,590 || 1,683 || – || style="background-color:#F2BA00;"|101 || 46 || 8,643

| style="text-align:left;"|Gimli

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 4,906 || 50.83% || 951 || 9.85% || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|4,906 || 3,955 || 649 || – || – || 141 || 9,651

| style="text-align:left;"|Gladstone

| | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 3,402 || 49.25% || 1,648 || 23.86% || | || style="text-align:left;"|CoR || 872 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|3,402 || 879 || 1,754 || – || – || 6,907

| style="text-align:left;"|Inkster

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 5,480 || 64.09% || 3,754 || 43.91% || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|5,480 || 1,726 || 938 || – || 101 || style="background-color:#F0E68C;"|305 || 8,550

| style="text-align:left;"|Interlake

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 4,634 || 61.30% || 2,453 || 32.45% || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|4,634 || 2,181 || 455 || 289 || – || – || 7,559

| style="text-align:left;"|Kildonan

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 6,199 || 51.65% || 1,989 || 16.57% || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|6,199 || 4,210 || 1,134 || – || – || style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"|459 || 12,002

| style="text-align:left;"|Kirkfield Park

| | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 5,497 || 57.14% || 3,306 || 34.37% || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 2,191 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|5,497 || 1,932 || – || – || – || 9,620

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

| style="text-align:left;"|La Vérendrye

| | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 3,618 || 59.12% || 1,850 || 30.23% || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 1,768 || 3,618 || 734 || – || – || – || 6,120

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

| style="text-align:left;"|Lac du Bonnet

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 3,903 || 46.12% || 302 || 3.57% || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 3,903 || 3,601 || 959 || – || – || – || 8,463

| style="text-align:left;"|Lakeside

| | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 4,303 || 49.38% || 1,903 || 21.84% || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 2,400 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|4,303 || 959 || 1,052 || – || – || 8,714

| style="text-align:left;"|Logan

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 3,765 || 73.08% || 2,974 || 57.73% || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|3,765 || 791 || 502 || – || style="background-color:#F2BA00;"|94 || – || 5,152

| style="text-align:left;"|Minnedosa

| | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 3,316 || 41.77% || 947 || 11.93% || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 2,369 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|3,316 || 745 || 1,508 || – || – || 7,938

| style="text-align:left;"|Morris

| | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 4,378 || 68.78% || 3,238 || 50.87% || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 1,140 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|4,378 || 847 || – || – || – || 6,365

| style="text-align:left;"|Niakwa

| | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 6,437 || 47.44% || 1,606 || 11.84% || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 4,831 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|6,437 || 2,300 || – || – || – || 13,568

| style="text-align:left;"|Osborne

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 4,747 || 55.38% || 2,399 || 27.99% || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|4,747 || 2,348 || 1,259 || – || – || 217 || 8,571

| style="text-align:left;"|Pembina

| | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 5,270 || 65.19% || 4,326 || 53.51% || | || style="text-align:left;"|CoR || 913 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|5,270 || 849 || 944 || – || 108 || 8,084

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

| style="text-align:left;"|Portage la Prairie

| | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 3,693 || 51.35% || 2,236 || 31.09% || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 1,457 || 3,693 || 968 || 1,074 || – || – || 7,192

| style="text-align:left;"|Radisson

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 4,810 || 53.71% || 2,144 || 23.94% || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|4,810 || 2,666 || 1,239 || – || – || 240 || 8,955

| style="text-align:left;"|Rhineland

| | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 3,037 || 51.34% || 1,488 || 25.16% || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 1,549 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|3,037 || 1,329 || – || – || – || 5,915

| style="text-align:left;"|Riel

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 4,479 || 47.10% || 769 || 8.09% || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|3,710 || 4,479 || 1,133 || 187 || – || – || 9,509

| style="text-align:left;"|River East || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 6,598 || 48.88% || 750 || 5.56% || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|5,848 || 6,598 || 696 || 280 || – || 76 || 13,498

| style="text-align:left;"|River Heights

| | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || | || style="text-align:left;"|Liberal || 4,620 || 44.98% || 1,485 || 14.46% || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 2,516 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|3,135 || 4,620 || – || – || – || 10,271

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

| style="text-align:left;"|Roblin-Russell || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 3,241 || 38.09% || 38 || 0.45% || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 3,203 || 3,241 || 2,065 || – || – || – || 8,509

| style="text-align:left;"|Rossmere || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 4,613 || 47.04% || 527 || 5.37% || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|4,613 || 4,086 || 1,108 || – || – || – || 9,807

| style="text-align:left;"|Rupertsland || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 2,302 || 60.42% || 1,371 || 35.98% || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,302 || 931 || 577 || – || – || – || 3,810

| style="text-align:left;"|Selkirk

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 5,135 || 54.93% || 2,016 || 21.56% || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|5,135 || 3,119 || 1,023 || – || – || 72 || 9,349

| style="text-align:left;"|Seven Oaks

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 5,158 || 64.71% || 3,317 || 41.61% || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|5,158 || 1,841 || 907 || – || – || 65 || 7,971

| style="text-align:left;"|Springfield

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 5,094 || 44.26% || 55 || 0.48% || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|5,039 || 5,094 || 1,376 || – || – || – || 11,509

| style="text-align:left;"|St. Boniface

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 4,978 || 60.77% || 3,027 || 36.95% || | || style="text-align:left;"|Lib || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|4,978 || 1,114 || 1,951 || – || – || 149 || 8,192

| style="text-align:left;"|St. James

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 4,120 || 44.22% || 155 || 1.66% || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|4,120 || 3,965 || 922 || 175 || – || style="background-color:#F0E68C;"|136 || 9,318

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

| style="text-align:left;"|St. Johns

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 3,753 || 56.39% || 1,804 || 27.10% || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 3,753 || 1,949 || 632 || – || 115 || style="background-color:#F0E68C;"|207 || 6,656

| style="text-align:left;"|St. Norbert

| | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 5,788 || 50.72% || 2,949 || 25.84% || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 2,839 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|5,788 || 2,784 || – || – || – || 11,411

| style="text-align:left;"|St. Vital

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 4,430 || 45.32% || 558 || 5.71% || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|4,430 || 3,872 || 1,472 || – || – || – || 9,774

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

| style="text-align:left;"|Ste. Rose

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 3,735 || 45.77% || 715 || 8.76% || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 3,020 || 3,735 || 952 || 454 || – || – || 8,161

| style="text-align:left;"|Sturgeon Creek

| | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 4,994 || 55.17% || 2,592 || 28.63% || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 2,402 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|4,994 || 1,530 || – || 126 || – || 9,052

| style="text-align:left;"|Swan River

| | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 3,773 || 47.88% || 65 || 0.82% || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 3,773 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|3,708 || 399 || – || – || – || 7,880

| style="text-align:left;"|The Pas

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 4,051 || 68.34% || 2,963 || 49.98% || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|4,051 || 1,088 || 789 || – || – || – || 5,928

| style="text-align:left;"|Thompson

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 3,852 || 66.61% || 2,354 || 40.71% || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|3,852 || 1,498 || 433 || – || – || – || 5,783

| style="text-align:left;"|Transcona

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 4,631 || 59.39% || 2,665 || 34.18% || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|4,631 || 1,966 || 1,200 || – || – || – || 7,797

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

| style="text-align:left;"|Turtle Mountain

| | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 3,390 || 47.51% || 2,037 || 28.55% || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 1,353 || 3,390 || 1,242 || 1,150 || – || – || 7,135

| style="text-align:left;"|Tuxedo

| | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 5,268 || 49.09% || 1,724 || 16.06% || | || style="text-align:left;"|Lib || 1,816 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|5,268 || 3,544 || – || – || 104 || 10,732

| style="text-align:left;"|Virden

| | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || 4,251 || 52.99% || 2,501 || 31.18% || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 1,750 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|4,251 || 524 || 1,497 || – || – || 8,022

| style="text-align:left;"|Wolseley

| | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || 4,099 || 51.42% || 1,881 || 23.60% || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|4,099 || 2,218 || 1,132 || 115 || 60 || style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"|347 || 7,971

: = open seat

: = winning candidate was in previous Legislature

: = incumbent had switched allegiance

: = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature

: = other incumbents renominated

: = Libertarian candidate - party not recognized by Elections Manitoba

: = multiple candidates

Turnout, winning shares and swings

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"

|+ Summary of riding results by turnout, vote share for winning candidate, and swing (vs 1981)

! colspan="4" |Swing

! %

! colspan="3" | Change (pp)

! %

! colspan="3" | Change (pp)

! To

! colspan="3" | Change (pp)

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| style="text-align:left;"|Arthur || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 67.11 || || 61.11 || || style="text-align:left;"|NDP ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Assiniboia || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 64.04 || || 51.62 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Brandon East || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 67.02 || || 52.88 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Brandon West || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="text-align:left;"|Gain || 70.92 || || 53.11 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Burrows || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 61.59 || || 53.04 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Charleswood || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 69.52 || || 56.43 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Churchill || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 61.05 || || 73.50 || || style="text-align:left;"|NDP ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Concordia || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 66.22 || || 54.37 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Dauphin || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 78.70 || || 52.27 || || style="text-align:left;"|NDP ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Ellice || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 66.37 || || 57.67 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Elmwood || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 64.33 || || 45.84 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Emerson || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 72.99 || || 51.75 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Flin Flon || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 56.38 || || 69.49 || || style="text-align:left;"|NDP ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Fort Garry || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 66.23 || || 48.45 || || style="text-align:left;"|NDP ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Fort Rouge || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 64.33 || || 48.86 || || style="text-align:left;"|NDP ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Gimli || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 75.17 || || 50.83 || || style="text-align:left;"|NDP ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Gladstone || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 62.62 || || 49.25 || || style="text-align:left;"|NDP ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Inkster || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 60.25 || || 64.09 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Interlake || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 66.08 || || 61.30 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Kildonan || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 63.47 || || 51.65 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Kirkfield Park || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 68.62 || || 57.14 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|La Vérendrye || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 50.42 || || 59.12 || || style="text-align:left;"|NDP ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Lac du Bonnet || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 73.94 || || 46.12 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Lakeside || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 71.05 || || 49.38 || || style="text-align:left;"|NDP ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Logan || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 56.00 || || 73.08 || ||style="background-color:#F1E5AC; text-align:center;" colspan="4"| N/A

| style="text-align:left;"|Minnedosa || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 69.35 || || 41.77 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Morris || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 59.73 || || 68.78 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Niakwa || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 71.57 || || 47.44 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Osborne || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 69.15 || || 55.38 || || style="text-align:left;"|NDP ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Pembina || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 63.89 || || 65.19 || || style="text-align:left;"|NDP ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Portage la Prairie || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 65.03 || || 51.35 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Radisson || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 69.55 || || 53.71 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Rhineland || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 50.50 || || 51.34 || || style="text-align:left;"|NDP ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Riel || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="text-align:left;"|Gain || 74.24 || || 47.10 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|River East || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="text-align:left;"|Gain || 73.45 || || 48.88 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|River Heights || | || style="text-align:left;"|Lib || style="text-align:left;"|Gain || 80.66 || || 44.98 || || style="text-align:left;"|NDP ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Roblin-Russell || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 78.60 || || 38.09 || || style="text-align:left;"|NDP ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Rossmere || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 77.91 || || 47.04 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Rupertsland || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 41.96 || || 60.42 || || style="text-align:left;"|Lib ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Selkirk || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 74.93 || || 54.93 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Seven Oaks || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 63.36 || || 64.71 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Springfield || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="text-align:left;"|Gain || 73.33 || || 44.26 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|St. Boniface || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 69.73 || || 60.77 || || style="text-align:left;"|Lib ||

| style="text-align:left;"|St. James || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 72.49 || || 44.22 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|St. Johns || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 62.42 || || 56.39 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|St. Norbert || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 68.88 || || 50.72 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|St. Vital || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 73.81 || || 45.32 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Ste. Rose || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="text-align:left;"|Gain || 72.65 || || 45.77 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Sturgeon Creek || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 67.45 || || 55.17 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Swan River || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Gain || 80.18 || || 47.88 || || style="text-align:left;"|NDP ||

| style="text-align:left;"|The Pas || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 68.18 || || 68.34 || || style="text-align:left;"|NDP ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Thompson || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 71.50 || || 66.61 || || style="text-align:left;"|NDP ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Transcona || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 65.56 || || 59.39 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Turtle Mountain || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 69.23 || || 47.51 || || style="text-align:left;"|NDP ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Tuxedo || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 71.84 || || 49.09 || || style="text-align:left;"|NDP ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Virden || | || style="text-align:left;"|PC || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 67.85 || || 52.99 || || style="text-align:left;"|PC ||

| style="text-align:left;"|Wolseley || | || style="text-align:left;"|NDP || style="text-align:left;"|Hold || 65.95 || || 51.42 || || style="text-align:left;"|NDP ||

Changes in party shares

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|+ Share change analysis by party and riding (1986 vs 1981)