Politics of Canada - Elections

  • Elections
    • House of Commons – direct plurality representation (last election held May 2, 2011)
    • Senate – appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister
  • Election results
e • d Summary of the May 2, 2011 Canadian House of Commons election results
Party Party leader Candidates Seats Popular vote
2008 Dissol. 2011 % Change % seats # # Change % pp Change
Conservative Stephen Harper 307 143 143 166 +16.08% 53.90% 5,832,401 +623,332 39.62% +1.97pp
New Democratic Jack Layton 308 37 36 103 +178.38% 33.44% 4,508,474 +1,993,186 30.63% +12.45pp
Liberal Michael Ignatieff 3081 77 77 34 −42.86% 11.04% 2,783,175 −850,010 18.91% −7.36pp
Bloc Québécois Gilles Duceppe 75 49 47 4 −91.84% 1.30% 889,788 −490,203 6.04% −3.93pp
Green Elizabeth May 304 — — 1 N/A 0.32% 576,221 −361,392 3.91% −2.86pp
Independent and no affiliation 61 2 2 — −100% — 72,731 −22,113 0.49% −0.19pp
Christian Heritage James Hnatiuk 46 — — — — — 19,218 −7,257 0.13% −0.06pp
Marxist–Leninist Anna Di Carlo 70 — — — — — 10,160 +1,595 0.07% +0.01pp
Libertarian Dennis Young 23 — — — — — 6,017 −1,283 0.04% −0.01pp
Progressive Canadian Sinclair Stevens 9 — — — — — 5,838 −22 0.04% −0.00pp
Rhinoceros2 François Gourd 14 — — — — — 3,819 +1,697 0.03% +0.01pp
Pirate Mikkel Paulson 10 * — — * — 3,198 * 0.02% *
Communist Miguel Figueroa 20 — — — — — 2,925 −647 0.02% −0.01pp
Canadian Action Christopher Porter 12 — — — — — 2,030 −1,425 0.01% −0.01pp
Marijuana Blair Longley 5 — — — — — 1,864 −434 0.01% −0.00pp
Animal Alliance Liz White 7 — — — — — 1,451 +924 0.01% +0.01pp
Western Block Doug Christie 4 — — — — — 748 +553 0.01% +0.00pp
United Brian Jedan 3 * — — * — 294 * 0.00% *
First Peoples National Will Morin 1 — — — — — 228 −1,383 0.00% −0.01pp
Vacant 3
Total 1,587 308 308 308 ±0.0% 100.0% 14,720,580 +886,286 100%
Source: Elections Canada (Preliminary results)
See also: Canadian Senate

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