Canada 1957 federal election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Progressive Conservative Party of Canada won 112 of 265 seats with 39.0% of the vote; 75.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 7.2 points on 1953.
- Canada
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Party of Canada | 105 | −66 | 42.3 | −7.7 | 2,796,039 |
| Progressive Conservative Party of Canada | 112 | +61 | 39.0 | +8.0 | 2,578,045 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party | 25 | +2 | 10.7 | −0.6 | 707,659 |
| Social Credit Party of Canada | 19 | +4 | 6.6 | +1.2 | 437,049 |
| Union of Electors | 0 | 0.1 | 8,129 | ||
| Independents | 4 | 0 |
± is the change against the Canada 1953 federal election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Liberal Party of Canada 2,796,039
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 2,578,045
- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party 707,659
- Social Credit Party of Canada 437,049
- Union of Electors 8,129
- 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
75.0% of the 8,902,125 registered voters cast a ballot (6,680,690 ballots), up 7.2 points on 1953. 6,605,980 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1945 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada39.0% of votes42.3% of seats
- Liberal Party of Canada42.3% of votes39.6% of seats
- Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party10.7% of votes9.4% of seats
- Social Credit Party of Canada6.6% of votes7.2% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.9 by votes and 2.9 by seats; Liberal Party of Canada led Progressive Conservative Party of Canada by 3.3 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
Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0. How to reuse and cite this page.