Mark Carney and the Liberal Party of Canada will remain in Parliament for another term.
The Liberals won the Federal Election for a 4th consecutive time and will form a minority government just like they did in 2021.
As of 2:07am (Tuesday), this was the seat count:
(172 needed for a majority)
- Liberals (leading or elected): 168 seats (43.5%)
- Conservatives (leading or elected) : 144 seats (41.4%)
- Bloc Quebecois: (leading or elected) 23 seats (6.4%)
- N.D.P: (leading or elected) 7 seats (6.2%)
- Green Party: (leading or elected) 1 seat (2.4% includes Green and other)
Thank you, Canada.
Together, we’ll build #CanadaStrong pic.twitter.com/TYadMPAfj2
— Liberal Party (@liberal_party) April 29, 2025
Carney won the Nepean riding with 63.7% of the vote (44,980), with Conservative Barbara Bal finishing second with 33.4% (23,600).
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre failed to win the Carleton riding with 46.9% (29,437) of the vote. Liberal Bruce Fanjoy won with 49.6% (31,110).
Poilievre said he will remain the leader of the Conservative Party.
N.D.P leader Jagmeet Singh was unable to secure the Burnaby Central riding, finishing third with only 18.1% (8,688) of the votes. Liberal Wade Chang won the riding with 41.8% (20,048).
Singh announced he will step down as the NDP leader once a replacement is named.
The national voter turnout was 63.32%. (18,063,033 of 28,525,638 registered electors — does not include electors who registered on election day.
More information and results can be found on Elections Canada’s website here.
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