2011 Canadian Federal Election

The orange wave

May 2, 2011 · The modern battleground · 308 seats, 155 for a majority

Stephen Harper finally won his majority while Jack Layton's NDP surged to 103 seats and official opposition for the first time, the 'orange wave' sweeping Quebec. The Liberals fell to third with their worst result ever, and the Bloc was reduced to four seats.

Prime Minister before

Stephen Harper

Conservative

Prime Minister (continued)

Stephen Harper

Conservative

Government formed

Conservative

majority government

Turnout

61.1%

The result


Conservative	Stephen Harper	166	+23	5,832,401	39.6%	+2.0
New Democratic	Jack Layton	103	+67	4,508,474	30.6%	+12.4
Liberal	Michael Ignatieff	34	-43	2,783,175	18.9%	-7.3
Bloc Québécois	Gilles Duceppe	4	-43	889,788	6.0%	-3.9
Green	Elizabeth May	1	+1	576,221	3.9%	-2.9

The result by province & territory

Seats won and vote share in each province and territory. Blank cells mean the party did not contest the province; the results table splits allied labels (Liberal-Conservatives, farmers' candidates, independents) that the headline figures group together.


Conservative	2145.5%	2766.8%	1356.3%	1153.5%	7344.4%	516.5%	843.9%	436.7%	141.2%	128.4%	133.8%	032.1%	149.9%	16639.6%
New Democratic	1232.5%	116.8%	032.3%	225.8%	2225.6%	5942.9%	129.8%	330.3%	015.4%	232.6%	014.4%	145.8%	019.4%	10330.6%
Liberal	213.4%	09.3%	18.6%	116.6%	1125.3%	714.2%	122.6%	428.9%	341.0%	437.9%	033.0%	018.4%	028.6%	3418.9%
Bloc Québécois						423.4%								46.0%
Green	17.7%	05.3%	02.7%	03.6%	03.8%	02.1%	03.2%	04.0%	02.4%	00.9%	018.9%	03.1%	02.1%	13.9%
Independents and minor parties	00.2%	01.3%	00.2%	00.1%	00.2%	00.6%	00.5%			00.3%				00.4%
Total seats	36	28	14	14	106	75	10	11	4	7	1	1	1	308