Canada 1993 federal election
What was the result of the 1993 federal election in Canada?
Liberal Party of Canada won 177 of 295 seats with 41.3% of the vote. 69.6% 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 : Liberal Party of Canada won 177 of 295 seats with 41.3% of the vote; 69.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 5.7 points on 1988.
- Liberal Party of Canada 177 +94 seats 41.3% +9.7 points
- Reform Party of Canada 52 +52 seats 18.7% +16.6 points
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 2 −167 seats 16.0% −26.7 points
- Bloc Québécois 54 13.5%
- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party 9 −34 seats 6.9% −13.3 points
- National Party of Canada 0 1.4%
- 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 1988 federal election, party by party.
- Liberal Party of Canada177
- Bloc Québécois54
- Reform Party of Canada52
- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party9
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada2
- Independents1
Key numbers
41.3%
Share of the vote won by Liberal Party of Canada
Liberal Party of Canada won 177 of 295 seats. A majority needs 148.
+94 seats
Seats gained by Liberal Party of Canada
The largest gain in seats compared with 1988. Progressive Conservative Party of Canada lost 167 seats.
69.6%
Voter turnout
Down 5.7 points on 1988.
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Party of Canada | 177 | +94 | 41.3 | +9.7 | 5,647,952 |
| Reform Party of Canada | 52 | +52 | 18.7 | +16.6 | 2,559,245 |
| Progressive Conservative Party of Canada | 2 | −167 | 16.0 | −26.7 | 2,186,422 |
| Bloc Québécois | 54 | 13.5 | 1,846,024 | ||
| Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party | 9 | −34 | 6.9 | −13.3 | 939,575 |
| National Party of Canada | 0 | 1.4 | 186,497 | ||
| Independents | 1 | 0.1 | 20,343 |
± is the change against the Canada 1988 federal election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Liberal Party of Canada 5,647,952
- Reform Party of Canada 2,559,245
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 2,186,422
- Bloc Québécois 1,846,024
- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party 939,575
- National Party of Canada 186,497
- Independents 20,343
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?
69.6% of the 19,906,796 registered voters cast a ballot (13,863,135 ballots), down 5.7 points on 1988. 13,667,671 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1980 in our data.
How do the votes compare with the seats?
- Liberal Party of Canada41.3% of votes60.0% of seats
- Bloc Québécois13.5% of votes18.3% of seats
- Reform Party of Canada18.7% of votes17.6% of seats
- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party6.9% of votes3.1% of seats
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada16.0% of votes0.7% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 17.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.9 by votes and 2.3 by seats; Liberal Party of Canada led Reform Party of Canada by 22.6 points of the vote.
Time and source Data as of