| Election Name: | 1971 Saskatchewan general election |
| Country: | Saskatchewan |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Party Colour: | no |
| Party Name: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1967 Saskatchewan general election |
| Previous Year: | 1967 |
| Next Election: | 1975 Saskatchewan general election |
| Next Year: | 1975 |
| Seats For Election: | 60 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan |
| Majority Seats: | 31 |
| Leader1: | Allan Blakeney |
| Leader Since1: | July 4, 1970 |
| Leaders Seat1: | Regina Centre |
| Last Election1: | 24 |
| Seats1: | 45 |
| Seat Change1: | 21 |
| Popular Vote1: | 248,978 |
| Percentage1: | 55.00% |
| Swing1: | 10.65pp |
| Map Size: | 380px |
| Premier | |
| Before Election: | Ross Thatcher |
| Posttitle: | Premier after election |
| After Election: | Allan Blakeney |
| Previous Mps: | 16th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan |
| Elected Mps: | members |
| Next Mps: | 18th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan |
| Leader2: | Ross Thatcher |
| Leader Since2: | September 24, 1959 |
| Leaders Seat2: | Morse |
| Last Election2: | 35 |
| Seats2: | 15 |
| Seat Change2: | 20 |
| Popular Vote2: | 193,864 |
| Percentage2: | 42.82% |
| Swing2: | 2.75pp |
The 1971 Saskatchewan general election was held on June 23, 1971, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.
Under the leadership of Allan Blakeney, the New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan returned to power after seven years in opposition. The NDP won a majority government, increasing its share of the popular vote by over 10 percentage points.
The Liberal government of Premier Ross Thatcher more or less held its share of the popular vote, but lost a significant number of seats in the legislature in part because of the continuing decline in the share of the vote won by the Progressive Conservative Party, now led by Ed Nasserden.
Ross Thatcher died on July 22, 1971, just shy of a month since losing the election.
| Party | Party Leader |
| Seats | Popular Vote | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Elected | % Change | % | % Change | Allan Blakeney | 60 | 24 | 45 | +87.5% | 248,978 | 55.00% | +10.65% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ross Thatcher | 60 | 35 | 15 | align="right" | -42.9% | 193,864 | 42.82% | align="right" | -2.75% | Ed Nasserden | 16 | – | – | – | 9,659 | 2.13% | align="right" | -7.65% | Independent | 1 | – | 189 | 0.04% | 1 | – | 46 | 0.01% | ||||||||||
| Total | 138 | 59 | 60 | +1.7% | 452,736 | 100% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: Elections Saskatchewan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||