| Election Name: | 68th Prince Edward Island general election |
| Country: | Prince Edward Island |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | yes |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Party Name: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2023 Prince Edward Island general election |
| Previous Year: | 2023 |
| Election Date: | On or before |
| Seats For Election: | All 27 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island |
| Majority Seats: | 14 |
| Image1: | Dennis King meets with Erin O'Toole (cropped2).jpg |
| Image Size1: | x150px |
| Leader1: | Dennis King |
| Leader Since1: | February 9, 2019 |
| Leaders Seat1: | Brackley-Hunter River |
| Last Election1: | 22 seats, 55.92% |
| Seats Before1: | 21 |
| Leader2: | Hal Perry (interim) |
| Leader Since2: | April 12, 2023 |
| Leaders Seat2: | Tignish-Palmer Road |
| Last Election2: | 3 seats, 17.21% |
| Seats Before2: | 3 |
| Image3: | GRN |
| Image Size3: | x150px |
| Leader3: | Karla Bernard (interim) |
| Leader Since3: | July 21, 2023 |
| Leaders Seat3: | Charlottetown-Victoria Park |
| Last Election3: | 2 seats, 21.57% |
| Seats Before3: | 3 |
| Premier | |
| Posttitle: | Elected premier |
| Before Election: | Dennis King |
The 68th Prince Edward Island general election is the next general election to be held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island (PEI), to elect the 68th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island. It is tentatively scheduled for the fixed election date of Monday, October 4, 2027, but may be held earlier under certain circumstances.
PEI's fixed election date law, passed in 2008,[1] requires a general election to be held on the first Monday in October of the fourth calendar year following the previous general election.[2] However, the law does not override the constitutional powers of the lieutenant governor to dissolve the Legislature and hold new elections at any time. Under the principles of responsible government, the lieutenant governor only calls elections on the advice of the premier, or in response to the failure of a confidence vote in the Legislature.[3] Thus it generally remains the premier's prerogative to call elections early, and premiers are often criticized for doing so for political advantage.[1] Of PEI's four general elections held since the fixed date was passed into law, only one has been held on the fixed date; the other three were called early.[1]
The following is a list of scientific opinion polls of published voter intentions.
| Polling firm | Date(s) conducted | Link | PC | Green | Liberal | NDP | Island | Others | Sample size | Lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narrative Research | data-sort-value="2024-06-06" | 8 – 29 May 2024 | [13] | 42 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 300 | 9 | |
| Narrative Research | data-sort-value="2024-02-28" | 8 – 13 February 2024 | [14] | 51 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 300 | 23 | |
| Narrative Research | data-sort-value="2023-12-05" | 8 – 26 November 2023 | [15] | 56 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 300 | 38 | |
| Narrative Research | data-sort-value="2023-08-24" | 2 – 15 August 2023 | [16] | 53 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 300 | 31 | |
| Narrative Research | data-sort-value="2023-05-24" | 4 – 13 May 2023 | [17] | 52 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 300 | 27 | |
| General election results | data-sort-value="2023-04-03" | April 3, 2023 | 55.9 | 21.6 | 17.2 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 74,792 | 34.3 |