1980 Canadian federal election

The 1980 Canadian federal election was held on February 18, 1980, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 32nd Parliament of Canada.

1980 Canadian federal election

February 18, 1980
282 seats in the House of Commons 142 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	69.3% (6.4pp)
First party Second party   Leader Pierre Trudeau Joe Clark Party Liberal Progressive Conservative Leader since April 6, 1968 February 22, 1976 Leader's seat Mount Royal Yellowhead Last election 114 seats, 40.11% 136 seats, 35.89% Seats before 114 136 Seats won 147 103 Seat change 33 33 Popular vote 4,855,425 3,552,994 Percentage 44.34% 32.45% Swing 4.23pp 3.44pp   Third party Fourth party   SC Leader Ed Broadbent Fabien Roy Party New Democratic Social Credit Leader since July 7, 1975 March 30, 1979 Leader's seat Oshawa Beauce (lost re-election) Last election 26 seats, 17.88% 6 seats, 4.61% Seats before 27 5 Seats won 32 0 Seat change 5 5 Popular vote 2,165,087 185,486 Percentage 19.77% 1.70% Swing 1.89pp 2.91pp
Popular vote by province, with graphs indicating the number of seats won. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote by province but instead via results by each riding.
Prime Minister before election Joe Clark Progressive Conservative Prime Minister after election Pierre Trudeau Liberal

National results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				1979	Dissolution	Elected	% Change	#	%	Change
	Liberal	Pierre Trudeau	282	114	114	147	+28.9%	4,855,425	44.34%	+4.23pp
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Clark	282	136	136	103	-24.3%	3,552,994	32.45%	-3.44pp
	New Democratic Party	Ed Broadbent	280	26	27	32	+23.1%	2,165,087	19.77%	+1.89pp
	Social Credit	Fabien Roy	81	6	5	-	-100%	185,486	1.70%	-2.91pp
	Rhinoceros	Cornelius I	121	-	-	-		110,597	1.01%	+0.46pp
	Marxist–Leninist	Hardial Bains	177	-	-	-	-	14,728	0.13%	+0.01pp
	Libertarian		58	-	-	-	-	14,656	0.13%	-0.01pp
	Union populaire		54	-	-	-	-	14,474	0.13%	-0.04pp
	Independent		55	-	-	-	-	14,472	0.13%	-0.13pp
	Unknown		41	-	-	-	-	12,532	0.11%	-0.07pp
	Communist	William Kashtan	52	-	-	-	-	6,022	0.05%	-0.02pp
	No affiliation		14	-	-	-	-	3,063	0.03%	+0.03pp
Total			1,497	282	282	282	-	10,949,536	100%
Sources: Elections Canda,History of Federal Ridings since 1867

Notes:

"% change" refers to change from previous election.

Changes to party standings from previous election: Social Credit MP Richard Janelle crossed the floor to join the PC Party. PC MP John Diefenbaker died during the parliamentary session. A New Democrat was elected in the subsequent by-election.

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147	103	32
Liberal	Progressive Conservative	NDP

Vote and seat summaries

Popular vote
Liberal			44.34%
PC			32.45%
NDP			19.77%
Social Credit			1.70%
Others			1.74%

Seat totals
Liberal			52.13%
PC			36.52%
NDP			11.35%

Results by province

Party name			BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PE	NL	NT	YK	Total
	Liberal	Seats:	-	-	-	2	52	74	7	5	2	5	-	-	147
		Popular Vote:	22.2	22.2	24.3	28.0	41.9	68.2	50.1	39.9	46.8	47.0	35.8	39.6	44.3
	Progressive Conservative	Seats:	16	21	7	5	38	1	3	6	2	2	1	1	103
		Vote:	41.5	64.9	38.9	37.7	35.5	12.6	32.5	38.7	46.3	36.0	24.7	40.6	32.4
	New Democratic Party	Seats:	12	-	7	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	32
		Vote:	35.3	10.3	36.3	33.5	21.8	9.1	16.2	20.9	6.6	16.7	38.4	19.8	19.8
Total seats:			28	21	14	14	95	75	10	11	4	7	2	1	282
Parties that won no seats:
	Social Credit	Vote:	0.1	1.0	xx		xx	5.9							1.7
	Rhinoceros	Vote:	0.4	0.7	0.1	0.4	0.2	3.0	0.5	0.2			1.1		1.0
	Marxist–Leninist	Vote:	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	xx	xx	xx	0.1			0.1
	Libertarian	Vote:			xx		0.3	0.1	xx						0.1
	Union populaire	Vote:						0.5							0.1
	Independent	Vote:	0.3	0.3	0.1	xx	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.1			0.1
	Non-Affiliated	Vote:	xx	0.5	0.2	0.1	xx	0.2	0.3			0.1			0.1
	Communist	Vote:	0.1	0.1	xx	0.1	0.1	xx							0.1
	No affiliation	Vote:					xx	0.1	0.1						xx

xx - less than 0.05% of the popular vote.

1980 Canadian Federal Election Media

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    NDP: 32 seats

Notes

• Number of parties: 9
  • First appearance: none
  • Final appearance: Union populaire
  • Final appearance before hiatus: Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada (returned in 1993)