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Canada 1962 federal election

What was the result of the 1962 federal election in Canada?

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada won 116 of 265 seats with 37.2% of the vote. 80.1% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Canada
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Progressive Conservative Party of Canada won 116 of 265 seats with 37.2% of the vote; 80.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.4 points on 1958.

  • Liberal Party of Canada 99 +51 seats 37.3% +3.7 points
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 116 −92 seats 37.3% −16.4 points
  • Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party 19 +11 seats 13.5% +4.0 points
  • Social Credit Party of Canada 30 +30 seats 11.6% +9.1 points
  • Liberal-Labour 1 0 seats 0.2% 0.0 points
  • Communist Party of Canada 0 0.1%
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Canada 1958 federal election, party by party.

133 of 265 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 37.2%

    Share of the vote won by Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

    Progressive Conservative Party of Canada won 116 of 265 seats. A majority needs 133.

  2. +51 seats

    Seats gained by Liberal Party of Canada

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1958. Progressive Conservative Party of Canada lost 92 seats.

  3. 80.1%

    Voter turnout

    Down 0.4 points on 1958.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Liberal Party of Canada99+5137.3+3.72,874,076
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada116−9237.3−16.42,868,295
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party19+1113.5+4.01,036,853
Social Credit Party of Canada30+3011.6+9.1896,574
Liberal-Labour100.20.015,412
Communist Party of Canada00.16,360

± is the change against the Canada 1958 federal election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Liberal Party of Canada 2,874,076
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 2,868,295
  • Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party 1,036,853
  • Social Credit Party of Canada 896,574
  • Liberal-Labour 15,412
  • Communist Party of Canada 6,360

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

80.1% of the 9,700,325 registered voters cast a ballot (7,772,656 ballots), down 0.4 points on 1958. 7,699,901 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Progressive Conservative Party of Canada37.3% of votes43.8% of seats
  • Liberal Party of Canada37.3% of votes37.4% of seats
  • Social Credit Party of Canada11.6% of votes11.3% of seats
  • Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party13.5% of votes7.2% of seats
  • Liberal-Labour0.2% of votes0.4% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 6.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.2 by votes and 2.9 by seats; Liberal Party of Canada led Progressive Conservative Party of Canada by 0.1 points of the vote.

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