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Canada 1984 federal election

What was the result of the 1984 federal election in Canada?

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada won 211 of 282 seats with 50.0% of the vote. 75.3% 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 211 of 282 seats with 50.0% of the vote; 75.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 6.0 points on 1980.

  • Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 211 +108 seats 50.0% +17.6 points
  • Liberal Party of Canada 40 −107 seats 28.0% −16.3 points
  • Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party 30 −2 seats 18.8% −1.0 points
  • Rhinoceros Party 0 0 seats 0.8% −0.2 points
  • 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 1980 federal election, party by party.

142 of 282 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 50.0%

    Share of the vote won by Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

    Progressive Conservative Party of Canada won 211 of 282 seats. A majority needs 142.

  2. +108 seats

    Seats gained by Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1980. Liberal Party of Canada lost 107 seats.

  3. 75.3%

    Voter turnout

    Up 6.0 points on 1980.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada211+10850.0+17.66,278,697
Liberal Party of Canada40−10728.0−16.33,516,486
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party30−218.8−1.02,359,915
Rhinoceros Party000.8−0.299,178
Independents10.332,200

± is the change against the Canada 1980 federal election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 6,278,697
  • Liberal Party of Canada 3,516,486
  • Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party 2,359,915
  • Rhinoceros Party 99,178
  • Independents 32,200

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?

75.3% of the 16,774,941 registered voters cast a ballot (12,638,424 ballots), up 6.0 points on 1980. 12,548,721 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Progressive Conservative Party of Canada50.0% of votes74.8% of seats
  • Liberal Party of Canada28.0% of votes14.2% of seats
  • Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party18.8% of votes10.6% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 20.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.7 by votes and 1.7 by seats; Progressive Conservative Party of Canada led Liberal Party of Canada by 22.0 points of the vote.

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