Canadian federal election results (1960-1979)

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For detailed results for an election, including results in each province and territory, see:

• Canadian federal election, 1962 - 25th General Election
• Canadian federal election, 1963 - 26th General Election
• Canadian federal election, 1965 - 27th General Election
• Canadian federal election, 1968 - 28th General Election
• Canadian federal election, 1972 - 29th General Election
• Canadian federal election, 1974 - 30th General Election
• Canadian federal election, 1979 - 31st General Election

[edit] Number of seats won

Party		1962	1963	1965	1968	1972	1974	1979
	Liberal	99	128	131	154	109	141	114
	Progressive Conservative	116	95	97	72	107	95	136
	CCF/NDP	19	17	21	22	31	16	26
	Social Credit	30	24	5	-	15	11	6
	Ralliement créditiste1			9	14
	Independent			1	1	2	1
	Independent PC			1
	Liberal-Labour	1	1		1
Total		265	265	265	264	264	264	282

[edit] Percentage of popular vote

Party		1962	1963	1965	1968	1972	1974	1979
	Liberal	37.17	41.74	40.18	45.49	38.42	43.15	40.11
	Progressive Conservative	37.22	32.72	32.41	31.36	35.02	35.46	35.89
	CCF/NDP	13.57	13.24	17.91	16.96	17.83	15.44	17.88
	Social Credit	11.60	11.92	3.66	0.85	7.55	5.06	4.61
	Ralliement créditiste1			4.66	4.43
	Labour Progressive/Communist	0.08	0.05	0.06	0.05		0.13	0.08
	Rhinoceros			x	0.07	0.02		0.55
	Independent	0.10	0.07	0.68	0.45	1.16	0.59	0.45
	Independent Liberal	0.14	0.19	0.22	0.21
	Independent PC	0.04	0.02	0.17	0.03
	Independent Conservative		0.01	x	0.01
	Independent SC		0.01	0.01
	H-G Grenier (various)	0.01		0.01	x
	Candidat liberal des electeurs	0.02	0.01
	Co-operative Builders	x
	All Canadian	x
	Ouvrier indépendant	x	0.01
	Socialist Labour		x	x	x
	Nationalist		0.01
	Ouvrier indépendant			0.01
	Republicain/Republican			x	x
	Progressive Workers Movement			x
	New Capitalist			0.01
	New Canada				x
	National Socialist				x
	Démocratisation Économique				0.03
	Franc Lib				0.03
	Reform				0.01
	Marxist-Leninist						0.17	0.12
	Union Populaire							0.17
	Libertarian							0.14

Notes:

x - indicates less than 0.005% of the popular vote.

(+) Following the 1963 election, the Quebec wing of the Social Credit Party split to form the Ralliement des créditistes. This party changed its name to Ralliement créditiste 1967, and rejoined Social Credit in 1971.