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Canada 1984 federal election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Progressive Conservative Party of Canada won 211 of 282 seats with 50.0% of the vote; 75.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 6.0 points on 1980.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada211+10850.0+17.66,278,697
Liberal Party of Canada40−10728.0−16.33,516,486
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party30−218.8−1.02,359,915
Rhinoceros Party000.8−0.299,178
Independents10.332,200

± is the change against the Canada 1980 federal election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 6,278,697
  • Liberal Party of Canada 3,516,486
  • Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party 2,359,915
  • Rhinoceros Party 99,178
  • Independents 32,200

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

75.3% of the 16,774,941 registered voters cast a ballot (12,638,424 ballots), up 6.0 points on 1980. 12,548,721 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Progressive Conservative Party of Canada50.0% of votes74.8% of seats
  • Liberal Party of Canada28.0% of votes14.2% of seats
  • Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party18.8% of votes10.6% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 20.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.7 by votes and 1.7 by seats; Progressive Conservative Party of Canada led Liberal Party of Canada by 22.0 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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