Canada 2008 federal election
What was the result of the 2008 federal election in Canada?
Conservative Party of Canada won 143 of 308 seats with 37.7% of the vote. 58.8% 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 143 of 308 seats with 37.7% of the vote; 58.8% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 5.8 points on 2006.
- Conservative Party of Canada 143 +19 seats 37.7% +1.4 points
- Liberal Party of Canada 77 −26 seats 26.3% −3.9 points
- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party 37 +8 seats 18.2% +0.7 points
- Bloc Québécois 49 −2 seats 10.0% −0.5 points
- Green Party of Canada 0 0 seats 6.8% +2.3 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 2006 federal election, party by party.
- Conservative Party of Canada143
- Liberal Party of Canada77
- Bloc Québécois49
- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party37
- Independents2
Key numbers
37.7%
Share of the vote won by Conservative Party of Canada
Conservative Party of Canada won 143 of 308 seats. A majority needs 155.
+19 seats
Seats gained by Conservative Party of Canada
The largest gain in seats compared with 2006. Liberal Party of Canada lost 26 seats.
58.8%
Voter turnout
Down 5.8 points on 2006.
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party of Canada | 143 | +19 | 37.7 | +1.4 | 5,209,069 |
| Liberal Party of Canada | 77 | −26 | 26.3 | −3.9 | 3,633,185 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party | 37 | +8 | 18.2 | +0.7 | 2,515,288 |
| Bloc Québécois | 49 | −2 | 10.0 | −0.5 | 1,379,991 |
| Green Party of Canada | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | +2.3 | 937,613 |
| Independents | 2 | +1 | 0.3 | +0.2 | 42,366 |
± is the change against the Canada 2006 federal election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Conservative Party of Canada 5,209,069
- Liberal Party of Canada 3,633,185
- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party 2,515,288
- Bloc Québécois 1,379,991
- Green Party of Canada 937,613
- Independents 42,366
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?
58.8% of the 23,677,639 registered voters cast a ballot (13,929,093 ballots), down 5.8 points on 2006. 13,834,294 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?
- Conservative Party of Canada37.7% of votes46.4% of seats
- Liberal Party of Canada26.3% of votes25.0% of seats
- Bloc Québécois10.0% of votes15.9% of seats
- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party18.2% of votes12.0% of seats
- Green Party of Canada6.8% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 9.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.9 by votes and 3.1 by seats; Conservative Party of Canada led Liberal Party of Canada by 11.4 points of the vote.
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