2011 Canadian federal election

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The 2011 Canadian federal election was a nationwide vote that resulted in Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party winning a majority government and the New Democratic Party becoming the Official Opposition for the first time.

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instanceOf Canadian federal election
parliamentary election
afterPartyInGovernment Conservative Party of Canada
beforePartyInGovernment Conservative Party of Canada
blocQuebecoisLeader Gilles Duceppe
blocQuebecoisPopularVotePercentage 6.0
blocQuebecoisSeatsWon 4
campaignPeriodLengthDays 36
campaignPeriodStart 2011-03-26
conservativeLeader Stephen Harper
conservativePopularVotePercentage 39.6
conservativeSeatsWon 166
country Canada
date 2011-05-02
electionFor 41st Canadian Parliament
House of Commons of Canada
fifthParty Green Party of Canada
fourthParty Bloc Québécois
greenPartyFirstMP Elizabeth May
greenPartyLeader Elizabeth May
greenPartyPopularVotePercentage 3.9
greenPartySeatsWon 1
leadingParty Conservative Party of Canada
legislatureNumber 41
liberalLeader Michael Ignatieff
liberalPopularVotePercentage 18.9
liberalSeatsWon 34
majoritySeats 155
newDemocraticLeader Jack Layton
newDemocraticPopularVotePercentage 30.6
newDemocraticSeatsWon 103
nextElection 2015 Canadian federal election
nonConfidenceReason finding of contempt of Parliament against the government
nonConfidenceVoteDate 2011-03-25
notableOutcome Bloc Québécois
surface form: Bloc Québécois was reduced to fewer than 12 seats and lost official party status

Green Party of Canada
surface form: Green Party of Canada won its first elected MP at the federal level

Liberal Party of Canada
surface form: Liberal Party of Canada fell to third place for the first time in federal history

New Democratic Party became Official Opposition for the first time
officialOppositionAfterElection Canadian New Democratic Party
surface form: New Democratic Party
previousElection 2008 Canadian federal election
primeMinisterAfterElection Stephen Harper
primeMinisterBeforeElection Stephen Harper
resultedIn Conservative Party of Canada majority government
secondParty Canadian New Democratic Party
surface form: New Democratic Party
thirdParty Liberal Party of Canada
totalSeatsContested 308
triggeredBy non-confidence vote in the House of Commons
typeOfGovernmentFormed majority government
voterTurnoutChangeFromPreviousPercentagePoints 2.3
voterTurnoutPercentage 61.1
year 2011

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2015 Canadian federal election previousElection 2011 Canadian federal election
Elizabeth May election 2011 Canadian federal election
Jack Layton electedIn 2011 Canadian federal election