Results of the 1972 Canadian federal election

Results by Province and Territory[edit]

Results in Alberta^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Seventh	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	409,857	57.65
	Liberals	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	177,599	24.98
	NDP	0	2	16	1	0	0	0	89,811	12.63
	Social Credit	0	0	1	18	0	0	0	31,689	4.46
	No affiliation to a recognised party	0	0	0	0	7	4	1	1,694	0.24
	Independent	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	302	0.04
Total		19							710,952	100.0

Results in British Columbia^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Seventh	Votes	%	+/-
	NDP	11	2	10	0	0	0	0	332,345	35.05
	Progressive Conservative	8	11	4	0	0	0	0	313,253	33.03
	Liberals	4	10	9	0	0	0	0	274,468	28.94
	Social Credit	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	25,107	2.65
	No affiliation to a recognised party	0	0	0	0	6	6	2	1,633	0.17
	Independent	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	1,483	0.16
Total		23							948,289	100.0

Results in Manitoba^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	8	3	2	0	0	0	184,363	41.6
	Liberals	2	6	5	0	0	0	136,906	30.89
	NDP	3	4	6	0	0	0	116,474	26.28
	Social Credit	0	0	0	5	0	0	3,228	0.73
	No affiliation to a recognised party	0	0	0	3	3	1	1,666	0.38
	Independent	0	0	0	2	0	0	517	0.12
Total		13						443,154	100.0

Results in New Brunswick^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	5	5	1	0	0	0	136,905	46.81
	Liberals	5	5	0	0	0	0	125,935	43.06
	NDP	0	0	8	1	0	1	18,466	6.31
	Social Credit	0	0	1	5	0	0	9,237	3.16
	No affiliation to a recognised party	0	0	0	1	0	0	1,109	0.38
	Independent	0	0	0	0	1	0	839	0.29
Total		10						292,491	100.0

Results in Newfoundland and Labrador^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	4	3	0	0	0	85,857	49.05
	Liberals	3	4	0	0	0	78,505	44.85
	NDP	0	0	7	0	0	8,165	4.66
	No affiliation to a recognised party	0	0	0	1	0	1,637	0.94
	Independent	0	0	0	1	0	616	0.35
	Social Credit	0	0	0	1	1	266	0.15
Total		7					175,046	100.0

Results in Northwest Territories^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Votes	%	+/-
	NDP	1	0	0	5,597	39.82
	Progressive Conservative	0	1	0	4,339	30.87
	Liberals	0	0	1	4,121	29.32
Total		1			14,057	100.0

Results in Nova Scotia^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	10	1	0	0	204,460	53.37
	Liberals	1	9	1	0	129,738	33.87
	NDP	0	1	10	0	47,072	12.29
	Social Credit	0	0	0	4	1,316	0.34
	No affiliation to a recognised party	0	0	0	3	501	0.13
Total		11				383,087	100.0

Results in Ontario^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Seventh	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	40	31	17	0	0	0	0	1,399,148	39.11
	Liberals	36	47	4	0	0	0	0	1,366,468	38.19
	NDP	11	10	67	0	0	0	0	768,176	21.47
	No affiliation to a recognised party	1	0	0	18	17	3	1	23,071	0.64
	Social Credit	0	0	0	20	4	1	0	12,937	0.36
	Independent	0	0	0	10	3	0	0	7,898	0.22
Total		88							3,577,698	100.0

Results in Prince Edward Island^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	3	1	0	0	29,419	51.93
	Liberals	1	3	0	0	22,950	40.51
	NDP	0	0	4	0	4,229	7.46
	Social Credit	0	0	0	1	55	0.1
Total		4				56,653	100.0

Results in Quebec^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Seventh	Eighth	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberals	56	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1,289,139	48.92
	Social Credit	15	33	16	5	1	0	0	0	639,207	24.25
	Progressive Conservative	2	19	50	2	1	0	0	0	457,418	17.36
	NDP	0	4	6	48	4	0	0	0	179,238	6.8
	Independent	1	0	1	8	9	4	2	0	44,579	1.69
	No affiliation to a recognised party	0	1	0	2	18	11	4	1	24,218	0.92
	Rhinoceros	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1,565	0.06
Total		74								2,635,364	100.0

Results in Saskatchewan^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	7	4	2	0	0	0	159,629	36.91
	NDP	5	8	0	0	0	0	155,195	35.88
	Liberals	1	1	11	0	0	0	109,342	25.28
	Social Credit	0	0	0	13	0	0	7,717	1.78
	No affiliation to a recognised party	0	0	0	0	2	2	422	0.1
	Independent	0	0	0	0	2	0	199	0.05
Total		13						432,504	100.0

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1972 Canadian federal election

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