FRANÇAIS ESPAÑOL
CANADA
Unprecedented gains for Canada s New Democrats 06 MAY 2011
Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP) has recorded impressive gains in the country’s Federal Election,
winning the largest number of seats in its 50-year history....
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FRANÇAIS ESPAÑOL
CANADA
Unprecedented gains for Canada s New Democrats 06 MAY 2011
Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP) has recorded impressive gains in the country’s Federal Election,
winning the largest number of seats in its 50-year history.
Although Stephen Harper’s Conservatives remain in government following the 2 May poll, the New
Democrats, lead by Jack Layton, will form the official opposition for the first time since the party was
founded in 1961.
The result represents a seismic shift in Canada’s political landscape, giving the social democratic party
increased influence, legitimacy and profile, while revealing an increasingly polarised Canadian
electorate.
In total, the Conservatives won 39.
6% of the popular vote – 167 seats of a possible 308 – while the NDP
took 102, 59 more than the party’s best ever tally of 43 in 1988.
In terms of number of seats held, the
NDP represents the strongest opposition to a serving government since 1993, although Harper
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