Results of the 1979 Canadian federal election

Results by Province and Territory[edit]

Results in Alberta^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Seventh	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	21							559,588	66.47
	Liberals		19	1					180,452	21.43
	NDP			19	1				81,466	9.68
	Independent		1		1	1			9,601	1.14
	Social Credit				7	1			7,519	0.89
	No affiliation to a recognised party				2				1,649	0.2
	Communist				3	3	1		969	0.12
	Marxist–Leninist				1	3	1	1	500	0.06
	Libertarian					1			174	0.02
Total		21							841,918	100.0

Results in British Columbia^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Seventh	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	19	6	3					530,380	44.35
	NDP	8	13	7					381,678	31.92
	Liberals	1	9	18					274,946	22.99
	Independent				3	1	1		2,306	0.19
	Social Credit				3				1,885	0.16
	Communist				8	4			1,853	0.15
	No affiliation to a recognised party				4		1		1,533	0.13
	Marxist–Leninist				2	7	2	1	736	0.06
	Rhinoceros				1				332	0.03
	Libertarian				2				263	0.02
Total		28							1,195,912	100.0

Results in Manitoba^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	7	6	1				222,787	43.36
	NDP	5	5	4				167,850	32.67
	Liberals	2	3	9				120,493	23.45
	Social Credit				4			1,044	0.2
	Marxist–Leninist				2	5		651	0.13
	Communist				3			486	0.09
	Independent					1		319	0.06
	No affiliation to a recognised party					1	1	143	0.03
Total		14						513,773	100.0

Results in Newfoundland and Labrador^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberals	4	3		81,861	41.72
	NDP	1	3	3	59,978	30.57
	Progressive Conservative	2	1	4	54,376	27.71
Total		7			196,215	100.0

Results in Northwest Territories^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberals		2			5,714	34.12
	Progressive Conservative	1		1		5,410	32.31
	NDP	1		1		5,348	31.94
	Independent				1	273	1.63
Total		2				16,745	100.0

Results in Nova Scotia^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	8	2	1				193,099	45.37
	Liberals	2	9					151,078	35.5
	NDP	1		10				79,603	18.7
	Independent				4			1,458	0.34
	Marxist–Leninist				1		1	155	0.04
	No affiliation to a recognised party					1		152	0.04
	Communist					1		64	0.02
Total		11						425,609	100.0

Results in Ontario^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Seventh	Eighth	Ninth	Tenth	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	57	20	18								1,732,764	41.82
	Liberals	32	57	6								1,509,926	36.44
	NDP	6	18	71								873,394	21.08
	Libertarian				45	2						13,377	0.32
	Marxist–Leninist				9	25	20	7		1		4,521	0.11
	Independent				7	10	2	1	2		1	3,992	0.1
	Communist				7	14	4	3				3,246	0.08
	Social Credit				3	2						1,002	0.02
	No affiliation to a recognised party				1		3	1				634	0.02
	Rhinoceros					2	1					378	0.01
Total		95										4,143,234	100.0

Results in Prince Edward Island^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	4				34,147	52.85
	Liberals		4			26,231	40.6
	NDP			4		4,181	6.47
	Libertarian				1	54	0.08
Total		4				64,613	100.0

Results in Quebec^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Seventh	Eighth	Ninth	Tenth	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberals	67	8									1,975,526	61.66
	Social Credit	6	37	20	10	1						512,995	16.01
	Progressive Conservative	2	27	38	8							432,199	13.49
	NDP		2	14	48	10	1					163,489	5.1
	Rhinoceros			1	6	47	5					61,891	1.93
	Union Populaire					14	34	16	3	1	1	19,514	0.61
	No affiliation to a recognised party		1	1	1		1				1	17,333	0.54
	Independent			1	1		4	1	1			9,289	0.29
	Marxist–Leninist					2	10	20	14	5		7,419	0.23
	Communist						3	6	6	4		2,458	0.08
	Libertarian						7	1				1,984	0.06
Total		75										3,204,097	100.0

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1979 Canadian federal election

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