July 2, 2004
How Canada voted
On June 28, Prime Minister Paul Martins Liberals 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.
Its 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.
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