The Saskatchewan Legislative Building at Wascana Centre in Regina, Saturday, May 30, 2020. Voters in three Saskatchewan constituencies will elect new members to the province's legislative assembly today.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Taylor
Saskatchewan NDP byelection candidates Noor Burki (Regina Coronation Park), left, and Jared Clarke (Regina Walsh Acres) are shown in this combination handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Saskatchewan NDP *MANDATORY CREDIT*
REGINA - With a first preliminary count complete, the Saskatchewan NDP appears to have flipped two seats following three provincial byelections on Thursday.
NDP candidates Jared Clarke and Noor Burki had definitive leads over Saskatchewan Party candidates Nevin Markwart and Riaz Ahmad in the Regina ridings of Walsh Acres and Coronation Park, respectively.
Saskatchewan Party's Blaine McLeod finished well ahead of the NDP's Kaitlyn Stadnyk and Jon Hromek of the Saskatchewan United Party in the rural riding of Lumsden-Morse.
Elections Saskatchewan's website says the first preliminary count includes ballots from voting week, homebound voting and personal care facilities.
Vote-by-mail ballots received by Aug. 8 are set to be counted in a preliminary vote on Saturday, while a final count including vote-by-mail ballots received after Aug. 8 is scheduled for Aug. 22.
The next provincial general election is set for October 2024.
Saskatchewan Party MLAs Mark Docherty of Regina Coronation Park and Lyle Stewart of Lumsden-Morse both resigned early this year.
Derek Meyers, the former Saskatchewan Party legislature member for Regina Walsh Acres, died of cancer in March at the age of 45.
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