2008 Canadian federal election
Results
1 Lesley Hughes of Kildonan—St. Paul was nominated as a Liberal, but lost party support after the nomination deadline and continued to run as an independent; she is listed here as a Liberal rather than an independent, as she was listed as a Liberal on the ballot.

2008 Canadian federal election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: 1 Lesley Hughes of Kildonan—St. Paul was nominated as a Liberal, but lost party support after the nomination deadline and continued to run as an independent; she is listed here as a Liberal rather than an independent, as she was listed as a Liberal on the ballot.

Party	Party leader	Candidates	Seats	Popular vote

2006	Dissol.	2008	% Change	% seats	#	# Change	%	pp Change

Conservative	Stephen Harper	307	124	127	143	+12.6%	46.4%	5,209,069	165,002	37.65%	+1.38

Liberal	Stéphane Dion	3071	103	95	77	18.9%	25.0%	3,633,185	846,230	26.26%	3.97

Bloc Québécois	Gilles Duceppe	75	51	48	49	+2.1%	15.9%	1,379,991	173,210	9.98%	0.50

New Democratic	Jack Layton	3082	29	30	37	+23.3%	12.0%	2,515,288	74,309	18.18%	+0.70

Independents and no affiliation	71	1	3	23	33.3%	0.6%	94,844	+12,984	0.69%	+0.14

Green	Elizabeth May	303	1	100%	937,613	+273,545	6.78%	+2.30

Christian Heritage	Ron Gray	59	26,475	1,677	0.19%	0.00

Marxist–Leninist	Anna Di Carlo	59	8,565	415	0.06%	0.00

Libertarian	Dennis Young	26	7,300	+4,298	0.05%	+0.03

Progressive Canadian	Sinclair Stevens	10	5,860	8,291	0.04%	0.06

Communist	Miguel Figueroa	24	3,572	+550	0.03%	+0.01

Canadian Action	Connie Fogal	20	3,455	2,647	0.02%	0.02

Marijuana	Blair Longley	8	2,298	6,873	0.02%	0.05

neorhino.ca	François Gourd	7	*	*	2,122	*	0.02%	*

Newfoundland and Labrador First	Thomas V. Hickey	3	*	*	1,713	*	0.01%	*

First Peoples National	Barbara Wardlaw	6	1,611	+410	0.01%	+0.00

Animal Alliance	Liz White	4	527	+455	0.00%	+0.00

Work Less	Conrad Schmidt	1	*	*	425	*	0.00%	*

Western Block	Doug Christie	1	195	899	0.00%	0.01

People's Political Power	Roger Poisson	2	*	*	186	*	0.00%	*

Vacant	4

Total	1,601	308	308	308	±0.0%	100	13,834,294	982,865	100%

Source: Elections Canada (2008 data)

Sentence(s)

In the 2008 Canadian federal election, the Conservative Party won 124 seats and 127 at dissolution.

final_sentence: In the 2008 Canadian federal election, the Conservative Party won 124 seats and 127 at dissolution.