A by-the-numbers look at the results from Monday’s federal election
Posted Oct 20, 2015 07:14:27 PM.
Last Updated Oct 20, 2015 08:00:18 PM.
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OTTAWA – A by-the-numbers look at Canada’s incoming members of Parliament:
338: Total seats in the House of Commons.
30: Seats added from the last Parliament.
88: Women newly elected to the House of Commons.
197: Candidates elected to the House for the first time.
20: Seats the NDP won in Western Canada.
16: Seats the NDP won in Quebec.
37.9: Percent of ridings where the winner and runner-up were separated by less than 10 per cent of the vote.
42,165: Votes separating Conservative Kevin Sorenson from runner-up Liberal Andy Kowalski in the Alberta riding of Battle River-Crowfoot, the widest margin of victory in the country.
47,650: Votes Sorenson received, the most of any candidate in Monday’s election.
39: Votes obtained by Brian Sproule, the Marxist-Leninist candidate in Burnaby North-Seymour, the fewest of any candidate in the federal election.
1,792: Candidates who ran in Monday’s election.
(Sources: Elections Canada, Parliament of Canada website)
