Canadian Federal Election, 1993 - National Results

National Results

This election, like all previous Canadian elections, was conducted under a single-member plurality (or first past the post) system in which the country was carved into 295 electoral districts, or ridings, with each one electing one representative to the House of Commons. Those eligible to vote cast their ballot for a candidate in their electoral district and the candidate with the most votes in that district became that riding's Member of Parliament. The party that elects the most candidates forms the government by appointing its party leader as Prime Minister and its Members of Parliament to the Cabinet of Canada.

For a complete list of MPs elected in the 1993 election, see 35th Canadian parliament.

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177
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52
9
2
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Liberal
Bloc Québécois
Reform
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Party Party leader # of
candidates		 Seats Popular vote
1988 Elected % Change # % Change
Liberal Jean Chrétien 295 83 79 177 +113.3% 5,647,952 41.24% +9.32pp
Bloc Québécois Lucien Bouchard 75 * 10 54 * 1,846,024 13.52% *
Reform Preston Manning 207 - 1 52 2,559,245 18.69% +16.59pp
New Democratic Party Audrey McLaughlin 294 43 44 9 -79.1% 939,575 6.88% -13.50pp
Progressive Conservative Kim Campbell 295 169 154 2 -98.8% 2,186,422 16.04% -26.97pp
Independent 129 - 3 1 60,434 0.73% +0.56pp
National Mel Hurtig 170 * - - * 187,251 1.38% *
Natural Law Neil Paterson 231 * - - * 84,743 0.63% *
No affiliation 23 - - - - 48,959 0.09% −0.10pp
Green Chris Lea 79 - - - - 32,979 0.24% -0.12%
Christian Heritage Heather Stilwell 59 - - - - 30,358 0.22% -0.55pp
Libertarian Hilliard Cox 52 - - - - 14,630 0.11% -0.14pp
Abolitionist John C. Turmel 80 * - - * 9,141 0.07% *
Canada Party Joseph Thauberger 56 * - - * 7,506 0.06% *
Commonwealth Gilles Gervais 59 - - - - 7,316 0.06% -
Marxist-Leninist Hardial Bains 51 - - - - 5,136 0.04% +0.04pp
Vacant 4
Total 2,155 295 295 295 ±0.0% 13,667,671 100%
Notes: *Party did not nominate candidates in the previous; "% change" refers to change from previous election.
Sources: http://www.elections.ca History of Federal Ridings since 1867

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