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
| Share of House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.