2021 Canadian federal election

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The 2021 Canadian federal election was a snap national vote in which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party retained power with another minority government amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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instanceOf Canadian federal election
parliamentary election
ballotType paper ballots
blocPopularVotePercentage 7.63
blocSeatsWon 32
calledBy Justin Trudeau
calledByOffice Prime Minister of Canada
campaignLengthDays 36
chiefElectoralOfficer Stéphane Perrault
conservativePopularVotePercentage 33.74
conservativeSeatsWon 119
country Canada
date 2021-09-20
electionCalledDate 2021-08-15
governingPartyAfter Liberal Party of Canada
governingPartyBefore Liberal Party of Canada
greenPopularVotePercentage 2.33
greenSeatsWon 2
heldDuring COVID-19 pandemic
surface form: COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
houseOfCommonsSeats 338
leader Annamie Paul
Erin O'Toole
Jagmeet Singh
Justin Trudeau
Maxime Bernier
Yves-François Blanchet
legislativeBodyElected House of Commons of Canada
liberalPopularVotePercentage 32.62
liberalSeatsWon 160
mainIssue COVID-19 pandemic response
child care policy
climate change policy
economic recovery
housing affordability
mandatory vaccination and vaccine passports
mainParty Bloc Québécois
Canadian Conservative Party
surface form: Conservative Party of Canada

Green Party of Canada
Liberal Party of Canada
Canadian New Democratic Party
surface form: New Democratic Party

People's Party of Canada
majorityThreshold 170
ndpPopularVotePercentage 17.82
ndpSeatsWon 25
oversightBody Elections Canada
parliamentElected 44th Canadian Parliament
ppcPopularVotePercentage 4.94
ppcSeatsWon 0
predecessorElection 2019 Canadian federal election
previousParliament 43rd Canadian Parliament
primeMinisterAfter Justin Trudeau
primeMinisterBefore Justin Trudeau
reasonForCalling seek a new mandate during the COVID-19 pandemic
result Liberal Party of Canada
surface form: Liberal Party of Canada returned with a minority government
successorElection 45th Canadian federal election
typeOfGovernmentAfter minority government
voterTurnoutChangeFromPrevious -2.35 percentage points
voterTurnoutPercentage 62.25
votingSystem first-past-the-post
year 2021

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