New Democratic Party
Election results

New Democratic Party

Section Title: Election results
Table Section Text: None

Election	Leader	Seats	+/–	Votes	%	Rank	Status

1962	Tommy Douglas	19 / 265	11	1,044,754	13.57	4th	Fourth party

1963	17 / 265	2	1,044,701	13.22	4th	Fourth party

1965	21 / 265	4	1,381,658	17.91	3rd	Third party

1968	22 / 264	1	1,378,263	16.96	3rd	Third party

1972	David Lewis	31 / 264	9	1,725,719	17.83	3rd	Third party

1974	16 / 264	15	1,467,748	15.44	3rd	Third party

1979	Ed Broadbent	26 / 282	10	2,048,988	17.88	3rd	Third party

1980	32 / 282	6	2,165,087	19.77	3rd	Third party

1984	30 / 282	2	2,359,915	18.81	3rd	Third party

1988	43 / 295	13	2,685,263	20.38	3rd	Third party

1993	Audrey McLaughlin	9 / 295	34	939,575	6.88	4th	No status

1997	Alexa McDonough	21 / 301	12	1,434,509	11.05	4th	Fourth party

2000	13 / 301	8	1,093,748	8.51	4th	Fourth party

2004	Jack Layton	19 / 308	6	2,127,403	15.68	4th	Fourth party

2006	29 / 308	10	2,589,597	17.48	4th	Fourth party

2008	37 / 308	8	2,515,288	18.18	4th	Fourth party

2011	103 / 308	66	4,508,474	30.63	2nd	Official Opposition

2015	Tom Mulcair	44 / 338	59	3,441,409	19.71	3rd	Third party

2019	Jagmeet Singh	0 / 338	TBD	TBD

Sentence(s)

In the 2011 election under the leadership of Jack Layton, the NDP won the second most seats in the House, gaining the position of Official Opposition for the first time in the party's history.

final_sentence: In the 2011 election under the leadership of Jack Layton, the NDP won the second most seats in the House, gaining the position of Official Opposition for the first time in the party's history.