308 seats in the House of Commons 155 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout
61.1% (2.3pp)
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Stephen Harper
Jack Layton
Michael Ignatieff
Party
Conservative
New Democratic
Liberal
Leader since
March 20, 2004
January 25, 2003
May 2, 2009
Leader's seat
Calgary Southwest
Toronto—Danforth
Etobicoke—Lakeshore (lost re-election)
Last election
143 seats, 37.65%
37 seats, 18.18%
77 seats, 26.26%
Seats before
143
36
77
Seats won
166
103
34
Seat change
23
67
43
Popular vote
5,832,401
4,508,474
2,783,175
Percentage
39.62%
30.63%
18.91%
Swing
1.97pp
12.45pp
7.35pp
Fourth party
Fifth party
Leader
Gilles Duceppe
Elizabeth May
Party
Bloc Québécois
Green
Leader since
March 15, 1997
August 27, 2006
Leader's seat
Laurier—Sainte-Marie (lost re-election)
Saanich—Gulf Islands
Last election
49 seats, 9.98%
0 seats, 6.78%
Seats before
47
0
Seats won
4
1
Seat change
43
1
Popular vote
889,788
576,221
Percentage
6.04%
3.91%
Swing
3.94pp
2.87pp
Results by riding
Results by province and territory
Prime Minister before election
Stephen Harper
Conservative
Prime Minister after election
Stephen Harper
Conservative
The 2011 Canadian federal election was held on May 2, 2011, to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada of the 41st Canadian Parliament.
The writs of election for the 2011 election were issued by Governor General David Johnston on March 26. Prime Minister Stephen Harper advised the Governor General to dissolve parliament after the House of Commons passed a motion of non-confidence against the government, finding it to be in contempt of Parliament. A few days before, the three opposition parties had rejected the minority government's proposed budget.[1]
The Conservative Party remained in power, increasing its seat count from a minority to a majority government, marking the first time since 1988 that a right-of-centre party formed a majority government. The Liberal Party, sometimes dubbed the "natural governing party", was reduced to third party status for the first time as they won the fewest seats in its history, and party leader Michael Ignatieff was defeated in his riding. The Bloc Québécois lost official party status for the first time since contesting general elections in 1993. Party leader Gilles Duceppe was defeated in his riding and subsequently resigned as leader. The New Democratic Party led by Jack Layton won the largest number of seats in its history, enabling it to form the Official Opposition for the first time in the party's history, as they made a major breakthrough in Quebec. The Green Party elected its first member to the House of Commons with its leader, Elizabeth May, becoming MP for Saanich—Gulf Islands.
^Wells, Paul (May 5, 2011). "The untold story of the 2011 election: Chapter 2". Maclean's. Archived from the original on April 23, 2012. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
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