Canadian Election Results: Figures and CBC 3D View

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Click here, for nice 0:34 video, ‘CBC News election night results in 3D

Elections Canada Data 2015

Registered electors: 25,638,379
Voted: 17,559,353
Percentage voted: 68.5%
Record high (1993): 70.9%

Percentage voted (2011): 61.1%
Percentage voted (2008): 58.8%

Party breakdown for voters in 2015:
Liberals: 39.5% (184 seats)
Cons: 31.9% (99 seats)
NDP: 17.9% (44 seats)
Bloc: 10 seats
Green: 1 seat

Party breakdown for voters in 2011
Cons: 39.6%
NDP: 31%
Liberals: <19%

Although Liberals won with 39.5% of the popular vote, this translates to about 27% of registered voters (39.5 x .685).

Perhaps Cons will be calling for proportional representation now?
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Addendum, ‘Americans can’t stop talking about how hot our new prime minister is‘ (4:20 pm Wed)

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