Election Results - Oct.14/08

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Canadian federal election, 2008 308 seats in the 40th Canadian Parliament
October 14, 2008
		First Party	Second Party
Leader		Stephen Harper	Stéphane Dion
Party		Conservative	Liberal
Leader since		2004	2006
Leader's seat		Calgary Southwest	Saint-Laurent—Cartierville
Last election		124	103
Seats won		143	76
Seat change		+19	-27
Popular vote		5,205,334	3,629,990
Percentage		37.64%	26.23%
Swing		+1.37%	-4.0%
		Third Party	Fourth Party
Leader		Gilles Duceppe	Jack Layton
Party		Bloc Québécois	New Democrat
Leader since		1997	2003
Leader's seat		Laurier—Sainte-Marie	Toronto—Danforth
Last election		51	29
Seats won		50	37
Seat change		-1	+8
Popular vote		1,379,565	2,517,075
Percentage		9.98%	18.19%
Swing		-0.50%	+0.79%