1980 Canadian federal election

The 1980 Canadian federal election was held on February 18, 1980, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 32nd Parliament of Canada.

National results
PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1979DissolutionElected% Change#%Change Liberal Pierre Trudeau282114114147+28.9%4,855,42544.34%+4.23pp Progressive Conservative Joe Clark282136136103-24.3%3,552,99432.45%-3.44pp New Democratic Party Ed Broadbent280262732+23.1%2,165,08719.77%+1.89pp Fabien Roy8165--100%185,4861.70%-2.91pp Cornelius I121--- 110,597 1.01%+0.46pp Hardial Bains177----14,728 0.13%+0.01pp   58----14,6560.13%-0.01pp   54----14,474 0.13%-0.04ppIndependent55----14,4720.13%-0.13ppUnknown41----12,5320.11%-0.07pp William Kashtan 52----6,0220.05%-0.02ppNo affiliation14----3,0630.03%+0.03ppTotal1,497282282282-10,949,536100%   Sources: Elections Canda,History of Federal Ridings since 1867

Notes:

"% change" refers to change from previous election.

Changes to party standings from previous election: Social Credit MP Richard Janelle crossed the floor to join the PC Party. PC MP John Diefenbaker died during the parliamentary session. A New Democrat was elected in the subsequent by-election.

↓ 147 103 32 Liberal Progressive Conservative NDP

Vote and seat summaries

Results by province

Party nameBCABSKMBONQCNBNSPENLNTYKTotalLiberal Seats: - - - 2 52 74 7 5 2 5 - - 147  Popular Vote:22.2 22.2 24.3 28.0 41.9 68.2 50.1 39.9 46.8 47.0 35.8 39.6 44.3 Progressive Conservative Seats:16 21 7 5 38 1 3 6 2 2 1 1 103  Vote:41.5 64.9 38.9 37.7 35.5 12.6 32.5 38.7 46.3 36.0 24.7 40.6 32.4 New Democratic Party Seats:12 - 7 7 5 - - - - - 1 - 32  Vote:35.3 10.3 36.3 33.5 21.8 9.1 16.2 20.9 6.6 16.7 38.4 19.8 19.8 Total seats:28 21 14 14 9575 10 11 4 7 2 1 282 Parties that won no seats: Vote:0.1 1.0 xx   xx 5.9             1.7  Vote:0.40.7 0.1 0.4 0.2 3.0 0.5 0.2      1.1   1.0  Vote:0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 xx xx xx 0.1      0.1  Vote:        xx   0.3 0.1  xx              0.1  Vote:          0.5              0.1  Independent Vote:0.3 0.3 0.1 xx 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.1        0.1  Non-Affiliated Vote:xx 0.5 0.2 0.1 xx 0.2 0.3     0.1      0.1  Vote:0.1 0.1 xx 0.1 0.1 xx                0.1  No affiliation Vote:                xx 0.1 0.1            xx 

xx - less than 0.05% of the popular vote.

Notes
 Number of parties: 9
 First appearance: none
 Final appearance: Union populaire
 Final appearance before hiatus: Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada (returned in 1993)

References

Category:1980 elections
Category:1980s elections in Canada
Category:Canadian federal elections