[1] The previous election re-elected the Saskatchewan Party to its third consecutive majority government under the leadership of Brad Wall.

[2] On January 27, 2018, Environment Minister Scott Moe was elected leader of the Saskatchewan Party.

According to the 2019 amendment to The Legislative Assembly Act, 2007 (Saskatchewan), "the first general election after the coming into force of this subsection must be held on Monday, October 26, 2020".

The fixed election law does not infringe on the lieutenant governor's right to dissolve the Legislative Assembly at an earlier date on the premier's advice.

Saskatchewan PartyNew Democratic PartyLike the previous election, few seats changed hands, though there was a small swing in the overall popular vote to the NDP.

It was only the second time in that riding's history it was not won by the NDP, and arguably an even bigger upset since the only other such occasion was the 1982 Progressive Conservative landslide in which (unlike in 2020) the Tories took all of Saskatoon.

The Liberals ran only three paper candidates in order to maintain their party registration and did not run a meaningful campaign.