Canada 1945 federal election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Liberal Party of Canada won 125 of 245 seats with 41.4% of the vote; 76.3% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Canada
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Party of Canada | 125 | 41.4 | 2,170,625 |
| Progressive Conservative Party of Canada | 67 | 27.7 | 1,455,453 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party | 28 | 15.7 | 822,661 |
| Social Credit Party of Canada | 13 | 4.1 | 214,998 |
| Bloc populaire | 2 | 3.6 | 172,765 |
| Communist Party of Canada | 1 | 2.1 | 111,892 |
| Liberal-Progressive | 1 | 0.1 | 6,147 |
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0.1 | 4,872 |
| Independents | 8 |
Votes by party
- Liberal Party of Canada 2,170,625
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 1,455,453
- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party 822,661
- Social Credit Party of Canada 214,998
- Bloc populaire 172,765
- Communist Party of Canada 111,892
- Liberal-Progressive 6,147
- Largest party without seats 4,872
- Independents
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
76.3% of the 6,952,445 registered voters cast a ballot (5,305,193 ballots). 5,246,130 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Liberal Party of Canada41.4% of votes51.0% of seats
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada27.7% of votes27.3% of seats
- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party15.7% of votes11.4% of seats
- Social Credit Party of Canada4.1% of votes5.3% of seats
- Bloc populaire3.6% of votes0.8% of seats
- Communist Party of Canada2.1% of votes0.4% of seats
- Liberal-Progressive0.1% of votes0.4% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 8.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.6 by votes and 2.8 by seats; Liberal Party of Canada led Progressive Conservative Party of Canada by 13.6 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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