The 2025 Canadian federal election was held on April 28, 2025 to elect members of the House of Commons to the 45th Canadian Parliament. The Liberal Party of Canada was returned once more with Mark Carney as the new leader and Prime Minister, but shy of a majority of the seats. Significant milestones included the following:

the Liberals won the popular vote for the first time since 2015 they earned their highest vote share since 1980, as well as the highest vote share for any party in a federal election since 1984. the election saw the highest turnout since 1993, with 69.5% of eligible voters casting a ballot. both the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party improved upon their vote share and seat count from 2021, while the other parties all lost ground this was the first election since 2000 in which the Liberals, or any party, polled over 40 percent; the first since 1988 in which the Conservatives did so; and the first time since 1930 in which both passed that threshold this was the most concentrated the popular vote had been in support of the top two parties since 1958, with over 85% voting Liberal or Conservative

Of the 343 seats being contested, 59 changed hands, going either to the Liberals or Conservatives. The NDP had its worst electoral result ever, and lost its official party status for the first time since 1993. The Greens received their lowest popular vote since 2000, and the People's Party of Canada, receiving almost 5% of the popular vote in 2021, collapsed to 0.7% in the current election.

Seat change summary Parties had the following gains and losses (as compared to 2021 redistributed results):

+ Elections to the 45th Parliament of Canadaseats won/lost by party, 2021–2025Party2021Gain from (loss to)2025LibConNDPBQGrn157 11 (17) 7 11 169126 17 (11) 10 1 1 14424 (7) (10) 734 (11) (1) 222 (1) 1Total 343 17 (29) 11 (29) 17 – 12 – 1 – 343

Synopsis of results

Comparative analysis for ridings (2025 vs. 2021)

Analysis of changes of vote share by party in each riding

Significant results among independent and minor party candidates Those candidates not belonging to a major party, receiving more than 1,000 votes in the election, are listed below:

+ Significant vote tallies for independent and minor party candidates Riding Candidate Votes Placed  Battle River—Crowfoot AB Jonathan Bridges1,022 4thCalgary Skyview AB Minesh Patel1,002 4thEdmonton Gateway AB Rod Loyola2,455 4thParkland AB Jason Lavigne1,066 4thPeace River—Westlock AB Darrell Teske3,048 3rdPonoka—Didsbury AB Larry Gratton1,289 5thPonoka—Didsbury AB Grant Abraham2,129 3rdPonoka—Didsbury AB Zarnab ZafarEndorsed by the Liberals.1,641 4thAbbotsford—South Langley BC Michael de Jong9,747 3rdAcadie—Bathurst NB Randi Rachelle Raynard1,043 4thBrampton East ON Jeff Lal2,305 3rdChatham-Kent—Leamington ON Trevor Lee1,061 4thElgin—St. Thomas—London South ON Stephen Campbell1,256 4thNiagara South ON Peter Taras1,147 4thOxford ON Jacob Watson1,203 4thParry Sound—Muskoka ON Isabel Pereira1,048 4thPerth—Wellington ON Wayne Baker1,069 4thSarnia—Lambton—Bkejwanong ON Brian Everaert1,136 4thBeauce QC Maxime Bernier3,626 4thQuébec Centre QC Daniel Brisson2,818 4thQuébec Centre QC Patrick Kerr1,018 5thMoose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan SK Chey Craik1,358 4th

Analysis and aftermath + Party candidates in 1st and 2nd place Party in 1st place Party in 2nd place TotalLib Con BQ NDP Grn 141 22 6 169135 2 6 1 14421 1 225 2 71 1 Total162 144 24 12 1 343

+ Principal races, according to 1st and 2nd-place results Parties Seats 27643118311 Total343

+ Party rankings (1st to 5th place) Party 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th169 162 11 144 144 49 5 22 24 30 2 7 12 243 79 11 1 6 131 90 2 7 20 1 90 110 1 1 5 5 6 2 6 2 4 1 7 1 7 1 5 1 2 7

Post-election analysis Elections Canada Elections Canada reported the following general characteristics of voter turnout in the election, compared to 2021:

+Estimated voter turnout %, by age and sex, all Canada (2025 v 2021)Age groupAll votersMaleFemale 2025 2021 Change (pp) 2025 2021 Change (pp) 2025 2021 Change (pp)First-time voters 55.3 44.7 10.6 52.4 41.3 11.1 58.4 48.3 10.1Not first time 56.5 47.4 9.1 53.3 43.7 9.6 60.0 51.3 8.718–24 yrs 55.9 46.7 9.2 52.8 43.1 9.7 59.2 50.5 8.725–34 yrs 59.6 52.8 6.8 58.2 49.9 8.3 61.0 55.8 5.235–44 yrs 65.4 59.0 6.4 64.8 57.5 7.3 66.1 60.5 5.645–54 yrs 70.5 63.8 6.7 69.3 62.5 6.8 71.6 65.0 6.655–64 yrs 73.4 68.3 5.1 72.4 66.7 5.7 74.3 69.8 4.565–74 yrs 77.6 74.9 2.7 77.5 74.3 3.2 77.6 75.6 2.075 yrs + 69.1 65.9 3.2 74.2 67.7 6.5 65.3 64.3 1.0All ages 68.0 62.2 5.8 67.4 60.6 6.8 68.5 63.8 4.7

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