1968 Canadian federal election
National results
The results of the election were sealed when on the night before the election a riot broke out at the St.

1968 Canadian federal election

Section Title: National results
Table Section Text: The results of the election were sealed when on the night before the election a riot broke out at the St.

Party	Party leader	# of candidates	Seats	Popular vote

1965	Dissolution	Elected	% Change	#	%	Change

Liberal	Pierre Trudeau	262	131	128	154	+18.3%	3,686,801	45.37%	+5.18pp

Progressive Conservative	Robert Stanfield	263	97	94	72	25.8%	2,554,397	31.43%	0.98pp

New Democratic Party	Tommy Douglas	263	21	22	22	+4.8%	1,378,263	16.96%	0.95pp

Ralliement créditiste	Réal Caouette	72	9	8	14	+55.6%	360,404	4.43%	0.22pp

Independent	29	1	2	1	36,543	0.45%	0.23pp

Liberal-Labour	Pierre Trudeau	1	1	10,144	0.12%

Social Credit	A.B. Patterson	32	5	4	100%	68,742	0.85%	2.82pp

Independent Liberal	11	16,785	0.21%	0.01pp

Communist	William Kashtan	14	4,465	0.05%	x

Independent PC	5	1	100%	2,762	0.03%	0.14pp

Démocratisation Économique	5	2,651	0.03%

Franc Lib	1	2,141	0.03%

Independent Conservative	1	632	0.01%	x

Reform	1	420	0.01%

Rhinoceros	Cornelius I	1	354	x	x

Conservative	1	339	x	x

Esprit social	H-G Grenier	1	311	x	x

Socialist Labour	1	202	x	x

Republican	1	175	x

New Canada	Fred Reiner	1	148	x

National Socialist	1	89	x

Vacant	6

Total	967	265	265	264	0.4%	8,126,768	100%

Sources: http://www.elections.ca History of Federal Ridings since 1867, Toronto Star, June 24, 1968.

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In the 1968 Canadian federal elections, 264 seats were contested instead of 265.

final_sentence: In the 1968 Canadian federal elections, 264 seats were contested instead of 265.