How Canada voted

On June 28, Prime Minister Paul Martin’s Liberal’s did far better than opinion polls suggested, hanging on to power with 135 seats, only 20 short of the 155 needed to form a majority in the House of Commons.

It’s expected that Martin will govern with help from the NDP, which won 19 seats.

Liberal Party of Canada
135 seats 36.7 %

Conservative Party of Canada
99 seats 29.6 %

Bloc Québécois
54 seats 12.4 %

New Democratic Party
19 seats 15.7 %

Other
1 seat 5.6 %

Total seats in House of Commons: 308 Number of seats needed for a majority: 155

Source: Elections Canada unofficial results.