2025 Canadian federal election
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The 2025 Canadian federal election took place on 28 April 2025 to elect members of the House of Commons to the 45th Canadian Parliament.
The election was scheduled be held on or before 20 October 2025. On 23 March, Prime Minister Mark Carney asked the Governor General to dissolve parliament and have an election on 28 April 2025[1]
The Liberal Party, led by Mark Carney won with an increased minority government. The Conservative Party, led by Pierre Poilievre placed second, staying the Official Opposition, Poilievre, however, lost his riding of Carleton, meaning the Conservatives would have to pick a temporary Parliamentary leader. The other parties—Bloc Québécois, NDP, Green, and People's—all lost seats, with the NDP seeing it's worst showing in a federal election ever, having won only 7 seats, compared to the 25 seats they won in the 2021 election.
Current seats
| Name | Ideology | Position | Leader | 2021 result | Current standing | ||
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| Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||
| Liberal | Liberalism Social liberalism |
Centre to centre-left | Justin Trudeau | 32.62% |
160 / 338
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159 / 338
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| Conservative | Conservatism Economic liberalism Fiscal conservatism |
Centre-right to right-wing | Pierre Poilievre |
33.74% |
119 / 338
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119 / 338
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| Bloc Québécois | Quebec nationalism | Centre-left | Yves-François Blanchet | 7.64% |
32 / 338
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32 / 338
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| New Democratic | Social democracy Democratic socialism |
Centre-left to left-wing | Jagmeet Singh | 17.82% |
25 / 338
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25 / 338
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| Green | Green politics | Amita Kuttner (Interim) |
2.33% |
2 / 338
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2 / 338
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| Independents | N/A | 0.19% |
0 / 338
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1 / 338
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Opinion polling
Results
Candidate nominations were open until April 7, with Elections Canada publishing a list of nominated candidates on April 9.[2][3]
Judicial recounts
With differences in votes slimmer than 0.1%, judicial recounts are expected in following ridings:[4]
| Riding | first and second place | Recount date | Judicially certified results, first and second place | ||||||
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| Candidate | tes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | ||||
| Terra Nova—The Peninsulas, Newfoundland | Anthony Germain, Liberal | 19,704 | 47.97% | ||||||
| Jonathan Rowe, Conservative | 19,692 | 47.94% | |||||||
| Terrebonne, Quebec | Tatiana Auguste, Liberal | 23,296 | 38.74% | ||||||
| Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, BQ | 23,261 | 38.68% | |||||||
- ↑ A redistribution is required to take effect by 2024, which will increase the number of seats.
- ↑ Though parties registered with Elections Canada can field candidates in any riding they wish, the Bloc Québécois has never fielded candidates outside of Quebec (78 seats). Thus they currently cannot gain a majority in parliament.
References
- ↑ Tunney, Catharine (March 23, 2025). "Carney asks for April 28 election, setting off tight race in shadow of trade war". CBC News. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- ↑ "Preliminary list of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
- ↑ "Download latest results for all electoral districts (tab-delimited format)". Elections Canada. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ↑ "Two ridings were won by less than 40 votes in Canada's federal election". CP24. CTV News. 2025-04-29. Retrieved 2025-04-30.