2011 Canadian federal election
The 2011 Canadian Federal Election was held on 2 May 2011,[1] in order to elect members to the House of Commons for the 41st Canadian Parliament.
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper advised the Governor General David Johnston on 26 March to dissolve Parliament after a non-confidence vote of minority government’s propose budget.
In the end, the Conservatives were re-elected, with a majority government. Surprisingly, the New Democratic Party was boosted to the Official Opposition with 103 seats.[2]
Results
The Liberals lost 43 seats compared to their original 77 seats.[3] Meanwhile, the Green Party won 1 seat in the House of Commons.[4] The Bloc Québécois lost 6 seats bringing their total of seats down to 4 seats.[5] The Conservative Party won a majority government with 166 seats in the House of Commons.
2011 Canadian Federal Election Media
2011 Canadian Election results map colored by plurality vote share
Pie chart detailing the percentage of seats won in the House of Commons
A combination of election period opinion polls during the 2011 Canadian general election. The trend lines are Local Regressions with α = 0.45 and 95% confidence interval ribbons. The point sizes and trend lines are weighted according to the confidence intervals of each individual poll.
Green: 1 seat
The disproportionality of parliament in the 2011 election was 12.45 according to the Gallagher Index, mainly between the Conservatives and NDP on the one hand, and the Liberal, BQ and Green parties on the other.
Analysis of results by riding, together with comparisons from previous election and at dissolution.
Canada Federal Election 2011 by Province
References
- ↑ "General Election – May 2, 2011". www.elections.ca. 2022-09-13. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
- ↑ "Federal election 2011 results". www.blogto.com. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
- ↑ "Exclusive: What really sunk Michael Ignatieff and the Liberals". thestar.com. 2011-05-07. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
- ↑ "Green light for the Greens". nationalpost. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
- ↑ "Duceppe quits after BQ crushed in Quebec". CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/duceppe-quits-after-bq-crushed-in-quebec-1.1080086. Retrieved 2023-02-15.