1986 Saskatchewan general election

The 1986 Saskatchewan general election was held on October 20, 1986, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

The Progressive Conservative government of Premier Grant Devine was returned for a second term with a reduced majority in the legislature.

While the New Democratic Party managed to increase its share of the popular vote and significantly increase its presence in the legislature, former Premier Allan Blakeney's attempt to return to power was unsuccessful. Despite winning slightly more votes than the Tories, most of the NDP margin was wasted on landslide margins in Regina and Saskatoon. While the NDP won eight seats in Regina and eight seats in Saskatoon, they only won nine seats in the rest of the province. As a result, they were consigned to Official Opposition status for another term.

The Liberal Party captured almost 10% of the popular vote, but elected only one member – party leader Ralph Goodale – to the legislature. The party's vote was spread out across the province, and was not concentrated in enough areas to translate into more seats.

Results
!rowspan=2 colspan=2 align=center|Party !rowspan=2 align=center|Party leader !rowspan=2| Candidates !colspan=4 align=center|Seats !colspan=3 align=center|Popular vote
 * - bgcolor=CCCCCC
 * - bgcolor=CCCCCC
 * align="center"|1982
 * align="center"| Dissol.
 * align="center"|Elected
 * align="center"|% Change
 * align="center"|#
 * align="center"|%
 * align="center"|% Change


 * align="center"|Grant Devine
 * align="right"|64
 * align="right"|55
 * align="right"|54
 * align="right"| 38
 * align="right"|-29.6%
 * align="right"|244,382
 * align="right"|44.60%
 * align="right"|-9.45%


 * align="center"|Allan Blakeney
 * align="right"|64
 * align="right"|9
 * align="right"|8
 * align="right"| 25
 * align="right"|+212.5%
 * align="right"|244,454
 * align="right"|44.61%
 * align="right"|+6.97%


 * align="center"|Ralph Goodale
 * align="right"| 64
 * align="right"|–
 * align="right"|–
 * align="right"| 1
 * align="right"|n/a
 * align="right"|57,968
 * align="right"|10.58%
 * align="right"|+6.07%


 * align="center"|Hilton J. Spencer (default)
 * align="right"| 9
 * align="right"|–
 * align="right"|2
 * align="right"| –
 * align="right"|-100%
 * align="right"|458
 * align="right"|0.08%
 * align="right"|-3.18%


 * colspan=2 align=left|Independent
 * align="right"| 3
 * align="right"|–
 * align="right"|–
 * align="right"| –
 * align="right"|–
 * align="right"|358
 * align="right"|0.07%
 * align="right"|-0.23%


 * align=left|Alliance
 * align="center"|
 * align="right"| 6
 * align="right"|*
 * align="right"|*
 * align="right"| –
 * align="right"|*
 * align="right"|237
 * align="right"|0.04%
 * align="right"|*


 * align="center"|
 * align="right"| 1
 * align="right"|*
 * align="right"|*
 * align="right"| –
 * align="right"|*
 * align="right"|73
 * align="right"|0.01%
 * align="right"|*
 * colspan=3| Total
 * align="right"| 211
 * align="right"|64
 * align="right"|64
 * align="right"| 64
 * align="right"|–
 * align="right"|547,930
 * align="right"|100%
 * align="right"|
 * align="center" colspan=11|Source: Elections Saskatchewan
 * align="center" colspan=11|Source: Elections Saskatchewan
 * align="center" colspan=11|Source: Elections Saskatchewan

Note: * Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.

Riding results
Names in bold represent cabinet ministers and the Speaker. Party leaders are italicized. The symbol " ** " indicates MLAs who are not running again.