Canadian federal election, 2008

14 October 2008, Canada

The Canadian federal election, 2008 election took place in Canada on 14 October 2008. Twenty-one parties contested the election in 308 contests. In total, 13,916,661 votes were cast.

Election summary
Party Votes Seats
5,209,069 (37.4%) 143
3,633,185 (26.1%) 77
1,379,991 (9.9%) 49
2,515,288 (18.1%) 37
independent
89,387 (0.6%) 2
937,613 (6.7%) 0
26,475 (0.2%) 0
8,565 (0.1%) 0
7,300 (0.1%) 0
5,860 (0%) 0
No affiliation
5,457 (0%) 0
3,572 (0%) 0
3,455 (0%) 0
2,298 (0%) 0
2,122 (0%) 0
1,713 (0%) 0
1,611 (0%) 0
527 (0%) 0
425 (0%) 0
195 (0%) 0
186 (0%) 0
Contests