2006 Canadian federal election

2006 Canadian federal election

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308 seats in the House of Commons
155 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout64.7% (Increase3.8pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Stephen Harper Paul Martin
Party Conservative Liberal
Leader's seat Calgary Southwest LaSalle—Émard
Last election 99 seats, 29.63% 135 seats, 36.73%
Seats before 98 133
Seats won 124 103
Seat change Increase26 Decrease30
Popular vote 5,374,071 4,479,415
Percentage 36.27% 30.23%
Swing Increase6.64pp Decrease6.50pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Gilles Duceppe Jack Layton
Party Bloc Québécois New Democratic
Leader's seat Laurier—
Sainte-Marie
Toronto—Danforth
Last election 54 seats, 12.39% 19 seats, 15.68%
Seats before 53 18
Seats won 51 29
Seat change Decrease2 Increase11
Popular vote 1,553,201 2,589,597
Percentage 10.48% 17.48%
Swing Decrease1.91pp Increase1.80pp

Popular vote by province, with graphs indicating the number of seats won. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote by province but instead via results by each riding.

Prime Minister before election

Paul Martin
Liberal

Prime Minister after election

Stephen Harper
Conservative

The 2006 Canadian federal election (more formally, the 39th General Election) was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 39th Parliament of Canada.


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