Chart of Canadian Federal Election Results

By Matt Baker   Updated 15 Dec 2011

This chart shows the results of every federal election in Canada since 1979.

	Government	Official Opposition	3rd place	4th place	5th place
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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