Claudia Chender

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2024 Nova Scotia general election: Dartmouth South

Claudia Chender MLA
Chender in 2023
Leader of the Opposition in Nova Scotia
Incumbent
Assumed office December 10, 2024
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Claudia Chender	4,415	68.5%
	Progressive Conservative	Bea MacGregor	1,449	30.7%
	Liberal	Barb Henderson	585	9.1%
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			6,449
Eligible voters
	New Democratic hold		Swing
Source: Elections Nova Scotia [21]

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election : Dartmouth South
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Claudia Chender	4,209	58.13	+18.48	$56,622.56
	Liberal	Lesley MacKay	1,603	22.14	-15.31	$18,386.71
	Progressive Conservative	Chris Curtis	1,262	17.43	+1.57	$31,677.39
	Green	Skylar Martini	167	2.31	-3.35	$200.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			7,241	99.64	–	$80,768.46
Total rejected ballots			26	0.36
Turnout			7,267	52.96
Eligible voters			13,721
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+16.90
Source: Elections Nova Scotia [22]

v t e 2017 Nova Scotia general election : Dartmouth South
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Claudia Chender	3,545	39.65%	+4.40
	Liberal	Vishal Bhardwaj	3,348	37.45%	+3.46
	Progressive Conservative	Jad Crnogorac	1,418	15.86%	-7.30
	Green	June Trenholm	506	5.66%
	Atlantica	Jim Murray	123	1.38%
Total valid votes			9,007	99.26
Total rejected ballots			67	0.74
Turnout			9,074	51.56
Eligible voters			17,598
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+0.47
Source: Elections Nova Scotia [23] [24]

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