The 1971 Newfoundland general election was held on 28 October, 1971 to elect members of the House of Assembly of the Province of Newfoundland, Canada. It resulted in a hung parliament as, with the support of the Labrador Party's lone MHA, the Smallwood government had the support of 21 MHAs compared to 21 for the Progressive Conservative party. Smallwood ultimately resigned in January 1972 allowing Moores' Tories to form a government but the instability in the House led to the March 24, 1972 provincial election.

Results

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	Party	Leader	1966	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)	Progressive Conservative	Frank Moores	3	21	align=right
118,899	51.3%	Liberal	Joey Smallwood	39	20	-49%	102,775	44.4%	New Democratic	John Connors	0	0	0%	4,075	1.8%	Labrador		-	1	N/A	*	2.4%	Other		0	0	0%	5,804	0.1%
Totals			42	42	-	233,573	100%

*Labrador Party's votes included in "Other" votes

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