Nova Scotia general election, 1981

The 30th Nova Scotia general election was held on October 6, 1981, to elect members of the 53rd House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party.

	Party	Leader	1978	Seats won	% change	Popular vote	(%)
	Progressive Conservative	John Buchanan	31	37	+19%		45.8%
	Liberal	A.M. "Sandy" Cameron	17	13	-23%		33.2%
	New Democratic	Alexa McDonough	4	1	-75%		18.1%
	Independent	Paul MacEwan	N/A	1	N/A		*
	Other		0	0	0%		1.2%
Total Seats			52	52			100%

* vote share included in "other".