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Election Results

Voter turnout for this election was high, and Brian Mulroney was re-elected Prime Minister of Canada, with John Turner as the leader of the Official Opposition. Although the Conservatives were able to keep support in Quebec and the west, they lost seats in BC and Ontario. The NDP made impressive gains in this election, winning its highest number of seats yet.

Population of Canada (1988): 25,309,331
Number of electors on list: 17,639,001
Total ballots cast: 13,281,191
Voter turnout: 75.3%

 

Seats won

% of vote

# of candidates

# of valid votes

PC

169

42.9

295

5,649,848

Liberal

83

32.0

294

4,216,111

NDP

43

20.4

295

2,684,568

Other

0

4.7

677

617,816

Total

295

100

1561

13,168,343

Provincial Breakdown

 

PC

Liberal

NDP

Other

 

# of seats

% of votes

# of seats

% of votes

# of seats

% of votes

# of seats

% of votes

AB

25

51.8

0

13.7

1

17.4

0

17.1

BC

12

34.4

1

21.3

19

37

0

7.4

MB

7

36.9

5

36.5

2

21.3

0

5.3

NB

5

40.4

5

45.4

0

9.3

0

4.9

NFLD

2

42.2

5

45

0

12.4

0

0.4

NWT

0

26.4

2

41.4

0

28.3

0

3.9

NS

5

40.9

6

46.5

0

11.4

0

1.2

ON

46

38.2

43

38.9

10

20.1

0

3

PEI

0

41.5

4

49.9

0

7.5

0

1.1

PQ

63

52.7

12

30.3

0

14

0

3.2

SK

4

36.4

0

18.2

10

44.2

0

1.2

YK

0

35.3

0

11.3

1

51.4

0

2

Totals

169

43

83

31.9

43

20.4

0

4.7

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