The status of the Federal Parties is determined by a national vote total. This NVT is the total of the popular vote for each party in the last 3 Federal elections. Official status is given to the top 4 on that list with the 5th and 6th placed Parties also given Official status if they got 5% of the vote in one of the last three elections.
NVT for the last 3 Federal elections of 2015 / 2019 / 2021
1 Liberals: 18,516,000 and got 5% in each of the last 3 elections.
2 Conservatives: 17,599,000 and 5% last 3 elections.
3 NDP: 9,408,000 and 5% last 3 elections.
4 Bloc: 3,509,000 and 5% in the last 2 elections did not get 5% in 2015.
5 Green: 2,187,000 and got 5% in 2019 but not 2015 and 2021.
6 People’s Party: 1,134,000 did not get 5% in last 3 elections. Only contested last 2 and almost reached the 5% threshold with 4.97% in the last vote.
Just for fun the 7th and 8th ranked parties by NVT.
7 Libertarian Party: 49,907 contested last 3 elections.
8 Christian Heritage Party: 43,118 contested last 3 elections.
There will be 4 to 6 Official Parties at any one time. Currently there are 5 being the Liberals, Conservatives, NDP, Bloc, and the Green Party. It will be the same 5 after the upcoming election unless the People’s party gets 5% of the vote then there will be 6 Official Parties.
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