1988 Canadian federal election
National results
For a complete list of MPs elected in the 1988 election see 34th Canadian Parliament. Note: "% change" refers to change from previous election

1988 Canadian federal election

Section Title: National results
Table Section Text: For a complete list of MPs elected in the 1988 election see 34th Canadian Parliament. Note: "% change" refers to change from previous election

Party	Party leader	# of candidates	Seats	Popular vote

1984	Dissol.	Elected	% Change	#	%	Change

Progressive Conservative	Brian Mulroney	295	211	203	169	19.9%	5,667,543	43.02%	7.02pp

Liberal	John Turner	294	40	38	83	+107.5%	4,205,072	31.92%	+3.89pp

New Democratic Party	Ed Broadbent	295	30	32	43	+34.4%	2,685,263	20.38%	+1.57pp

Reform	Preston Manning	72	*	*	275,767	2.09%	*

Christian Heritage	Ed Vanwoudenberg	63	*	*	102,533	0.78%	*

Rhinoceros	Cornelius I	74	52,173	0.40%	0.39pp

Green	Seymour Trieger	68	47,228	0.36%	+0.14pp

Confederation of Regions	Elmer Knutson	51	41,342	0.31%	0.68pp

Libertarian	Dennis Corrigan	88	33,135	0.25%	+0.06pp

No affiliation	100	24,516	0.19%	0.12pp

Independent	55	1	4	22,982	0.17%	0.01pp

Commonwealth of Canada	Gilles Gervais	58	7,467	0.06%	0.21pp

Communist	George Hewison	51	7,066	0.05%	0.01pp

Social Credit	Harvey Lainson	9	3,407	0.03%	0.10pp

Vacant	5

Total	1,573	282	282	295	+4.6%	13,175,494	100%

Sentence(s)

The Progressive Conservatives won a reduced, but strong, majority government with 169 seats.

final_sentence: The Progressive Conservatives won a reduced, but strong, majority government with 169 seats.