Canadian Federal Election Results

By Matt Baker   Updated 8 Jan 2013

This chart shows the results of every federal election in Canada since 1968.

	Government	Official Opposition	3rd place	4th place	5th place
2011	Conservative Majority 166 seats 40% of vote Stephen Harper	NDP 103 seats 31% of vote Jack Layton	Liberal 34 seats 19% of vote Michael Ignatieff	Bloc 4 seats 6% of vote Gilles Duceppe	Green 1 seat 4% of vote Elizabeth May
2008	Conservative Minority 143 seats 38% of vote Stephen Harper	Liberal 77 seats 26% of vote Stephane Dion	Bloc 49 seats 10% of vote Gilles Duceppe	NDP 37 seats 17% of vote Jack Layton	Green 0 seats 7% of vote Elizabeth May
2006	Conservative Minority 124 seats 36% of vote Stephen Harper	Liberal 103 seats 30% of vote Paul Martin	Bloc 51 seats 10% of vote Gilles Duceppe	NDP 29 seats 17% of vote Jack Layton	Green 0 seats 4% of vote Jim Harris
2004	Liberal Minority 135 seats 37% of vote Paul Martin	Conservative 99 seats 30% of vote Stephen Harper	Bloc 54 seats 12% of vote Gilles Duceppe	NDP 19 seats 16% of vote Jack Layton	Green 0 seats 4% of vote Jim Harris
2000	Liberal Majority 172 seats 41% of vote Jean Chretien	Alliance 66 seats 25% of vote Stockwell Day	Bloc 38 seats 11% of vote Gilles Duceppe	NDP 13 seats 9% of vote Alexa McDonough	PC 12 seats 12% of vote Joe Clark
1997	Liberal Majority 155 seats 38% of vote Jean Chretien	Reform 60 seats 19% of vote Preston Manning	Bloc 44 seats 11% of vote Gilles Duceppe	NDP 21 seats 11% of vote Alexa McDonough	PC 20 seats 19% of vote Jean Charest
1993	Liberal Majority 177 seats 41% of vote Jean Chretien	Bloc 54 seats 11% of vote Lucien Bouchard	Reform 52 seats 19% of vote Preston Manning	NDP 9 seats 7% of vote Audrey McLaughlin	PC 2 seats 16% of vote Kim Campbell
1988	PC Majority 169 seats 43% of vote Brian Mulroney	Liberal 83 seats 32% of vote John Turner	NDP 43 seats 20% of vote Ed Broadbent	Reform 0 seats 2% of vote Preston Manning
1984	PC Majority 211 seats 50% of vote Brian Mulroney	Liberal 40 seats 28% of vote John Turner	NDP 30 seats 19% of vote Ed Broadbent
1980	Liberal Majority 147 seats 44% of vote Pierre Trudeau	PC 103 seats 32% of vote Joe Clark	NDP 32 seats 19% of vote Ed Broadbent	Socred 0 seats 2% of vote Fabien Roy
1979	PC Minority 136 seats 36% of vote Joe Clark	Liberal 114 seats 40% of vote Pierre Trudeau	NDP 26 seats 18% of vote Ed Broadbent	Socred 6 seats 5% of vote Fabien Roy
1974	Liberal Majority 141 seats 43% of vote Pierre Trudeau	PC 95 seats 35% of vote Robert Stanfield	NDP 16 seats 15% of vote David Lewis	Socred 11 seats 5% of vote Réal Caouette
1972	Liberal Minority 109 seats 38% of vote Pierre Trudeau	PC 107 seats 35% of vote Robert Stanfield	NDP 31 seats 18% of vote David Lewis	Socred 15 seats 8% of vote Réal Caouette
1968	Liberal Majority 154 seats 45% of vote Pierre Trudeau	PC 72 seats 31% of vote Robert Stanfield	NDP 22 seats 17% of vote Tommy Douglas	Socred 15 seats 4% of vote Réal Caouette