2015 Canadian Federal Election

October 19, 2015 · The modern battleground · 338 seats, 170 for a majority

Justin Trudeau took the Liberals from third place and 36 seats to a 184-seat majority, the largest seat gain in Canadian history, ending Stephen Harper's decade in the longest campaign since 1872.

Prime Minister before

Stephen Harper

Conservative

Prime Minister after

Justin Trudeau

Liberal

Government formed

Liberal

majority government

Turnout

68.3%

The result

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Liberal

Justin Trudeau · +148 seats · 39.5%

184

seats

Conservative

Stephen Harper · -60 seats · 31.9%

seats

New Democratic

Tom Mulcair · -51 seats · 19.7%

seats

Bloc Québécois

Gilles Duceppe · +8 seats · 4.7%

seats

Green

Elizabeth May · -1 seats · 3.4%

seats


Liberal	Justin Trudeau	184	+148	6,942,937	39.5%	+20.6
Conservative	Stephen Harper	99	-60	5,613,633	31.9%	-7.7
New Democratic	Tom Mulcair	44	-51	3,469,368	19.7%	-10.9
Bloc Québécois	Gilles Duceppe	10	+8	821,144	4.7%	-1.4
Green	Elizabeth May	1	-1	602,933	3.4%	-0.5

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.

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