Canada 2006 federal election
What was the result of the 2006 federal election in Canada?
Conservative Party of Canada won 124 of 308 seats with 36.3% of the vote. 64.7% 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 : Conservative Party of Canada won 124 of 308 seats with 36.3% of the vote; 64.7% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 3.8 points on 2004.
- Conservative Party of Canada 124 +25 seats 36.3% +6.6 points
- Liberal Party of Canada 103 −32 seats 30.2% −6.5 points
- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party 29 +10 seats 17.5% +1.8 points
- Bloc Québécois 51 −3 seats 10.5% −1.9 points
- Green Party of Canada 0 0 seats 4.5% +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 2004 federal election, party by party.
- Conservative Party of Canada124
- Liberal Party of Canada103
- Bloc Québécois51
- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party29
- Independents1
Key numbers
36.3%
Share of the vote won by Conservative Party of Canada
Conservative Party of Canada won 124 of 308 seats. A majority needs 155.
+25 seats
Seats gained by Conservative Party of Canada
The largest gain in seats compared with 2004. Liberal Party of Canada lost 32 seats.
64.7%
Voter turnout
Up 3.8 points on 2004.
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party of Canada | 124 | +25 | 36.3 | +6.6 | 5,374,071 |
| Liberal Party of Canada | 103 | −32 | 30.2 | −6.5 | 4,479,415 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party | 29 | +10 | 17.5 | +1.8 | 2,589,597 |
| Bloc Québécois | 51 | −3 | 10.5 | −1.9 | 1,553,201 |
| Green Party of Canada | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | +0.2 | 664,068 |
| Independents | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 20,158 |
± is the change against the Canada 2004 federal election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Conservative Party of Canada 5,374,071
- Liberal Party of Canada 4,479,415
- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party 2,589,597
- Bloc Québécois 1,553,201
- Green Party of Canada 664,068
- Independents 20,158
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?
64.7% of the 23,054,615 registered voters cast a ballot (14,908,703 ballots), up 3.8 points on 2004. 14,817,159 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1997 in our data.
How do the votes compare with the seats?
- Conservative Party of Canada36.3% of votes40.3% of seats
- Liberal Party of Canada30.2% of votes33.4% of seats
- Bloc Québécois10.5% of votes16.6% of seats
- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party17.5% of votes9.4% of seats
- Green Party of Canada4.5% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 8.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.8 by votes and 3.2 by seats; Conservative Party of Canada led Liberal Party of Canada by 6.0 points of the vote.
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