Canada Election 2025: Liberals Secure Fourth Term but Fall Short of Majority Again | Seat Tally and Voter Turnout Overview<br /><br />The Liberal Party, now under the leadership of Mark Carney, has won a fourth consecutive term in office following the 2025 federal election. Despite the victory, the party is set to lead another minority government.<br /><br />According to Elections Canada, 19,155,470 of the 28 million registered voters cast their ballots on April 28, 2025, resulting in a turnout rate of 67.15%. This marks a modest rise from the 62.89% turnout recorded in the 2021 election.<br /><br />Final results show the Liberals winning 169 seats—three short of the 172 needed for a majority. In the previous election, the party secured 160 seats and maintained power with support from the New Democratic Party, led by Jagmeet Singh, through a supply-and-confidence agreement.<br /><br />While the Conservatives did not win, they made significant gains. Led by Pierre Poilievre, the party captured 144 seats—up from the 119 they secured in 2021.<br /><br />Liberals Win Narrowly Amid Shifting Support<br /><br />This election marks the Liberal Party’s fourth term in office, having first claimed a majority in 2015 under Justin Trudeau with 184 seats. However, voter fatigue appeared in subsequent elections, resulting in back-to-back minority governments in 2019 and 2021.<br /><br />Initially projected to face major losses in 2025—with early-year polls showing the Conservatives ahead by 25 percentage points—the Liberals, now led by Carney, defied expectations to stay in power.<br /><br />A Look Back at Previous Results<br /><br />Before Trudeau’s 2015 victory, the Conservatives held power, forming a majority government in the 2011 federal election with 166 of 308 seats.
