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Canadian federal election results (1980-1999)

Elections and parties in Canada

List of election results Politics of Canada Political parties Canadian federal elections Canadian election results: 1867 - 1872 - 1874 - 1878 - 1882 1887 - 1891 - 1896 - 1900 - 1904 1908 - 1911 - 1917 - 1921 - 1925 1926 - 1930 - 1935 - 1940 - 1945 1949 - 1953 - 1957 - 1958 - 1962 1963 - 1965 - 1968 - 1972 - 1974 1979 - 1980 - 1984 - 1988 - 1993 1997 - 2000 - 2004 - Summaries

For detailed results for an election, see:

• 32nd General Election, 1980, including provincial distribution
• 33rd General Election, 1984, including provincial distribution
• 34th General Election, 1988, including provincial distribution
• 35th General Election, 1993, including provincial distribution
• 36th General Election, 1997, including provincial distribution

Number of Seats Won

Party	1980	1984	1988	1993	1997
Liberal	147	<center> 40	<center> 83	<center> 177	<center> 155
Progressive Conservative	<center> 103	<center> 211	<center> 169	<center> 2	<center> 20
New Democratic	<center> 32	<center> 30	<center> 43	<center> 9	<center> 21
Reform	<center>	<center>	<center>	<center> 52	<center> 60
Bloc Québécois	<center>	<center>	<center>	<center> 54	<center> 44
Independent	<center> 0	<center> 1	<center>	<center>	<center> 1
Total	<center>282	<center>282	<center>295	<center>295	<center>301

Popular Vote

Party	1980	1984	1988	1993	1997
Liberal	<center> 44.40%	<center> 28.02%	<center> 31.92%	<center> 41.24%	<center> 38.46%
Progressive Conservative	<center> 32.49%	<center> 50.03%	<center> 43.02%	<center> 16.04%	<center> 18.84%
New Democratic	<center> 19.67%	<center> 18.81%	<center> 20.38%	<center> 6.88%	<center> 11.05%
Reform	<center>	<center>	<center> 2.09%	<center> 18.69%	<center> 19.35%
Bloc Québécois	<center>	<center>	<center>	<center> 13.52%	<center> 10.67%
Social Credit	<center> 1.70%	<center> 0.13%	<center> 0.03%	<center>	<center>
Independent	<center> 0.27%	<center> 0.00%	<center> 0.36%	<center> 0.00%	<center> 0.47%
Communist	<center> 0.06%	<center> 0.06%	<center> 0.05%	<center>	<center>
Marxist-Leninist	<center> 0.13%	<center>	<center>	<center> 0.04%	<center> 0.09%
Rhinoceros	<center> 1.01%	<center> 0.78%	<center> 0.40%	<center>	<center>
Libertarian	<center> 0.13%	<center> 0.19%	<center> 0.25%	<center> 0.11%	<center>
Union Populaire	<center> 0.13%	<center>	<center>	<center>	<center>
Nationaliste du Quebec	<center>	<center> 0.68%	<center>	<center>	<center>
Confederation of Regions	<center>	<center> 0.52%	<center> 0.31%	<center>	<center>
Commonwealth	<center>	<center> 0.06%	<center> 0.06%	<center> 0.06%	<center>
Green	<center>	<center> 0.21%	<center> 0.36%	<center> 0.24%	<center> 0.43%
Christian Heritage	<center>	<center> 0.78%	<center> 0.22%	<center> 0.22%	<center>
Abolitionist	<center>	<center>	<center>	<center> 0.07%	<center>
Canada	<center>	<center>	<center>	<center> 0.06%	<center>
Natural Law	<center>	<center>	<center>	<center> 0.63%	<center> 0.29%
National	<center>	<center>	<center>	<center> 1.38%	<center>
Canadian Action	<center>	<center>	<center>	<center>	<center> 0.13%

Preceding Elections

• Canadian federal election results (1960-1979)

Following Elections

• Canadian federal election results (2000-)