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Elections in Canada

What do we know about elections in Canada?

Latest result: Liberal Party of Canada won 160 of 338 seats in 2021.

  • Latest result:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats at the latest election in our data?

As of , the latest result in our data is the 2021 federal election: Liberal Party of Canada won 160 of 338 seats. This page lists 36 elections, past and coming.

Liberal Party of Canada, 160 of 338 seats

170 of 338 seats make a majority

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Latest result

Canada 2021 federal electionFinal result

Liberal Party of Canada won 160 of 338 seats.

170 of 338 make a majority
  • Liberal Party of Canada160
  • Conservative Party of Canada119
  • Bloc Québécois32
  • Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party25
  • Green Party of Canada2
Largest party's seats
160 of 338
Its share of the vote
32.7%

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What does the latest result show?

  1. The balance

    No single party reached a majority.

    Liberal Party of Canada won 160 of 338 seats. A majority needs 170.

  2. The change

    The largest seat gain went to Liberal Party of Canada.

    Liberal Party of Canada gained 3 seats compared with 2019. Conservative Party of Canada lost 2 seats.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Liberal Party of Canada32.7% of votes47.3% of seats
  • Conservative Party of Canada33.8% of votes35.2% of seats
  • Bloc Québécois7.7% of votes9.5% of seats
  • Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party17.9% of votes7.4% of seats
  • Green Party of Canada2.3% of votes0.6% of seats
  • People's Party of Canada4.9% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 13.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.8 by votes and 2.8 by seats; Conservative Party of Canada led Liberal Party of Canada by 1.1 points of the vote.

How many people voted in Canada?

Elections in the turnout line
Turnout at national parliament elections, share of registered voters who cast a ballot
Turnout at national parliament elections, share of registered voters who cast a ballot, last five elections

Which past elections do we list for Canada?

The latest result we hold for Canada comes from ParlGov, which reaches June 2023: a later election is not in our data yet.

Election and largest party%SeatsTurnout %
2021 federal electionLiberal Party of Canada32.7160 of 338
2019 federal electionLiberal Party of Canada33.1157 of 33871.3
2015 federal electionLiberal Party of Canada39.5184 of 33868.5
2011 federal electionConservative Party of Canada39.6166 of 30861.1
2008 federal electionConservative Party of Canada37.7143 of 30858.8
2006 federal electionConservative Party of Canada36.3124 of 30864.7
2004 federal electionLiberal Party of Canada36.7135 of 30860.9
2000 federal electionLiberal Party of Canada40.9172 of 30161.2
1997 federal electionLiberal Party of Canada38.5155 of 30167.0
1993 federal electionLiberal Party of Canada41.3177 of 29569.6
1988 federal electionProgressive Conservative Party of Canada42.7169 of 29575.3
1984 federal electionProgressive Conservative Party of Canada50.0211 of 28275.3
Earlier elections
Election and largest party%SeatsTurnout %
1980 federal electionLiberal Party of Canada44.3147 of 28269.3
1979 federal electionProgressive Conservative Party of Canada35.9136 of 28275.8
1974 federal electionLiberal Party of Canada43.2141 of 26471.0
1972 federal electionLiberal Party of Canada37.5109 of 26476.7
1968 federal electionLiberal Party of Canada45.5155 of 26475.7
1965 federal electionLiberal Party of Canada40.2131 of 26575.9
1963 federal electionLiberal Party of Canada41.7129 of 26580.3
1962 federal electionProgressive Conservative Party of Canada37.3116 of 26580.1
1958 federal electionProgressive Conservative Party of Canada53.7208 of 26580.6
1957 federal electionProgressive Conservative Party of Canada39.0112 of 26575.0
1953 federal electionLiberal Party of Canada50.0171 of 26567.9
1949 federal electionLiberal Party of Canada50.1190 of 26274.8
1945 federal electionLiberal Party of Canada41.4125 of 24576.3
1940 federal electionLiberal Party of Canada51.5181 of 24570.9
1935 federal electionLiberal Party of Canada44.8173 of 24575.2
1930 federal electionProgressive Conservative Party of Canada48.8137 of 24576.1
1926 federal electionLiberal Party of Canada46.1128 of 24570.2
1925 federal electionProgressive Conservative Party of Canada46.5116 of 24568.7
1921 federal electionLiberal Party of Canada40.7116 of 23570.8
1917 federal electionProgressive Conservative Party of Canada57.0153 of 23590.4
1911 federal electionProgressive Conservative Party of Canada50.9134 of 22172.2
1908 federal electionLiberal Party of Canada50.5135 of 221
1904 federal electionLiberal Party of Canada52.0138 of 214
1900 federal electionLiberal Party of Canada51.2133 of 213

Which parties have results in our data?

Every party
  • Conservative Party of Canada33.8% 2021
  • Liberal Party of Canada32.7% 2021
  • Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party17.9% 2021
  • Bloc Québécois7.7% 2021
  • People's Party of Canada4.9% 2021
  • Green Party of Canada2.3% 2021
  • Reform Party of Canada25.5% 2000
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Canada12.2% 2000
  • Rhinoceros Party0.8% 1984
  • Social Credit Party of Canada1.7% 1980
  • Ralliement créditiste4.4% 1968
  • Communist Party of Canada0.1% 1965

Each party's share of the vote at its latest election in our data, and the year of that election.

Time and source Data as of