Greens top 6.8% in Canadian elections

by frog

I forgot to follow it up this week, but the Canadian general election is over and the Greens have failed to secure a parliamentary seat, despite a nationwide average of 6.8% and party leader Elizabeth May taking 32.2% of the votes in her home riding.

In contrast, “The Block” which only garnered 9.97% of the nationwide vote scored 50 seats. The NDP, who got almost twice the vote at 18.7% only garnered 37 seats. So much for First Past the Post.

It is just this sort of skewed result that convinces me that despite its flaws, our MMP system is delivering the better democratic result. Pop over to the CBC for all the results.