Template:Canadian federal election, 2006

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Summary of the 23 January 2006 Canadian House of Commons election results
Party Party leader Candi-
dates		 Seats Popular vote
2004 Dissol. 2006 % Change # % Change
     Conservative Party of Canada Stephen Harper 308 99 98 124 +25.3% 5,374,071 36.27% +6.64%
     Liberal Party of Canada Paul Martin 308 135 133 103 -23.7% 4,479,415 30.23% -6.50%
     Bloc Québécois Gilles Duceppe 75 54 53 51 -5.6% 1,553,201 10.48% -1.90%
     New Democratic Party Jack Layton 308 19 18 29 +52.6% 2,589,597 17.48% +1.79%
     Green Party of Canada Jim Harris 308 - - -   664,068 4.48% +0.19%
     Christian Heritage Party of Canada Ron Gray 45 - - -   28,152 0.19% -0.11%
     Progressive Canadian Party Tracy Parsons 25 - - -   14,151 0.10% +0.02%
     Marijuana Party of Canada Blair Longley 23 - - -   9,171 0.06% -0.18%
     Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) Sandra L. Smith 69 - - -   8,980 0.06% +0.00%
     Canadian Action Party Connie Fogal 34 - - -   6,102 0.04% -0.02%
     Communist Party of Canada Miguel Figueroa 21 - - -   3,022 0.02% -0.01%
     Libertarian Party of Canada Jean-Serge Brisson 10 - - -   3,002 0.02% +0.01%
     First Peoples National Party of Canada Barbara Wardlaw 5 * - - * 1,201 0.01% *
     Western Block Party Doug Christie 4 * - - * 1,094 0.01% *
     Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party Liz White 1 * - - * 72 0.0005% *
     Independents and no affiliation 90 1 4 11 - 81,860 0.55% -0.07%
     Vacant 2  
Total 1634 308 308 308 - 14,845,680 100%  
Source: Elections Canada

Notes:

Official candidate nominations closed January 2, 2006. Candidate totals cited above are based on official filings. Nominations were official on January 5, 2006.
"% change" refers to change from previous election
* indicates the party did not contest in the previous election.
1 André Arthur was elected as an independent candidate in the Quebec City-area riding of Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier. He personally won 20,158 votes.