Canada 2004 federal election
What was the result of the 2004 federal election in Canada?
Liberal Party of Canada won 135 of 308 seats with 36.7% of the vote. 60.9% 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 135 of 308 seats with 36.7% of the vote; 60.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.3 points on 2000.
- Liberal Party of Canada 135 −37 seats 36.7% −4.1 points
- Conservative Party of Canada 99 29.6%
- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party 19 +6 seats 15.7% +7.2 points
- Bloc Québécois 54 +16 seats 12.4% +1.7 points
- Green Party of Canada 0 0 seats 4.3% +3.5 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 2000 federal election, party by party.
- Liberal Party of Canada135
- Conservative Party of Canada99
- Bloc Québécois54
- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party19
- Independents1
Key numbers
36.7%
Share of the vote won by Liberal Party of Canada
Liberal Party of Canada won 135 of 308 seats. A majority needs 155.
+16 seats
Seats gained by Bloc Québécois
The largest gain in seats compared with 2000. Liberal Party of Canada lost 37 seats.
60.9%
Voter turnout
Down 0.3 points on 2000.
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Party of Canada | 135 | −37 | 36.7 | −4.1 | 4,982,220 |
| Conservative Party of Canada | 99 | 29.6 | 4,019,498 | ||
| Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party | 19 | +6 | 15.7 | +7.2 | 2,127,403 |
| Bloc Québécois | 54 | +16 | 12.4 | +1.7 | 1,680,109 |
| Green Party of Canada | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | +3.5 | 582,247 |
| Independents | 1 | 0.1 | 15,089 |
± is the change against the Canada 2000 federal election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Liberal Party of Canada 4,982,220
- Conservative Party of Canada 4,019,498
- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party 2,127,403
- Bloc Québécois 1,680,109
- Green Party of Canada 582,247
- Independents 15,089
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?
60.9% of the 22,466,621 registered voters cast a ballot (13,683,570 ballots), down 0.3 points on 2000. 13,564,702 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1945.
How do the votes compare with the seats?
- Liberal Party of Canada36.7% of votes43.8% of seats
- Conservative Party of Canada29.6% of votes32.1% of seats
- Bloc Québécois12.4% of votes17.5% of seats
- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party15.7% of votes6.2% of seats
- Green Party of Canada4.3% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 9.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.8 by votes and 3.0 by seats; Liberal Party of Canada led Conservative Party of Canada by 7.1 points of the vote.
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