This page shows results of Canadian federal elections in the Ottawa, Ontario area since the 1979 election.

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Seats obtained by party

Liberal   Conservative   New Democratic   Progressive Conservative (defunct)

With the exception of the more conservative rural western and southern parts, the former Region of Ottawa-Carleton which became the new City of Ottawa in 2001, has traditionally been a Liberal heartland. A high proportion of Francophones and civil servants had made ridings such as Ottawa—Vanier among the safest Liberal seats in the country, however, now there are probably only two safe Liberal seats in Ottawa - Ottawa South and Ottawa—Vanier. The NDP's only historical victory in the area, Ottawa Centre in 1984, was repeated in 2004, as their popular former leader Ed Broadbent was elected. The Green Party's best seat in the province also came in Ottawa Centre. The seat was retained in 2006 after Broadbent's retirement, by Paul Dewar (son of former mayor Marion Dewar).

The suburban Ottawa ridings tended to be swing ridings, a trend that was masked until the Canadian Alliance won Carleton-Mississippi Mills (then known as Lanark-Carleton), traditionally the most conservative riding in what was then Ottawa-Carleton. The Conservatives broke through to take another seat in 2004, and two more in 2006. They held them until 2015, when the massive Liberal wave that swept through Ontario resulted in the Conservatives being reduced to only one seat. The Liberals even managed to win Kanata-Carleton, essentially the Ottawa portion of Carleton-Mississippi Mills, with the help of star candidate and retired Air Force officer Karen McCrimmon.

• Note, this data is a total for all ridings within the city, plus the portions of ridings that extend outside the city, that are located within Ottawa (Cumberland in Glengarry—Prescott—Russell and all of Carleton—Mississippi Mills except Mississippi Mills). Data within these split ridings does not include votes from people residing outside the riding (prisoners, members or the Canadian forces, or for temporary reasons), or by people voting in mobile polls or by means of special ballots.

Votes by party throughout time

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Election	Liberal	Conservative	New Democratic	Green	PC	Reform / Alliance	Others
1979	121,921 43.6%	—	40,331 14.4%	—	116,496 41.7%	—	654 0.2%
1980	126,125 47.9%	—	34,180 13.%	—	100,382 38.2%	—	2,375 0.9%
1984	107,694 35.7%	—	57,307 19.0%	1,363 0.5%	133,308 44.1%	—	2,372 0.8%
1988	155,444 48.5%	—	50,074 15.6%	300 0.1%	109,135 34.0%	—	5,598 1.7%
1993	195,337 62.3%	—	21,845 7.0%	2,552 0.8%	42,920 13.7%	42,414 13.5%	8,332 2.7%
1997	176,179 54.3%	—	33,754 10.4%	2,362 0.7%	53,781 16.6%	54,379 16.8%	3,883 1.2%
2000	149,861 46.7%	—	28,283 8.8%	4,565 1.4%	51,782 16.1%	80,823 25.2%	5,488 1.7%
2004	170,609 40.4%	154,654 36.6%	69,785 16.5%	23,754 5.6%	—	—	3,806 0.9%
2006	151,138 33.8%	183,681 41.1%	80,823 18.1%	27,191 6.1%	—	—	3,728 0.8%
2008	145,323 33.8%	180,327 41.9%	65,150 15.1%	37,000 8.6%	—	—	2,358 0.5%
2011	139,999 31.1%	186,161 41.3%	104,307 23.1%	18,577 4.1%	—	—	1,705 0.4%
2015	281,664 53.0%	157,510 29.6%	74,451 14.0%	14,412 2.7%	—	—	3,818 0.7%
2019	264,254 47.5%	156,366 28.1%	91,618 16.5%	34,119 6.1%	—	—	9,410 1.7%
2021	236,627 45.1%	158,844 30.3%	99,687 19.0%	12,561 2.4%	—	—	16,607 3.2%

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Vote share by party

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Number of votes by party

Election statistics in Ottawa

Liberal   Conservative   New Democratic   Green

Progressive Conservative (defunct)   Reform (defunct)   Alliance (defunct)

Key

• Red - Liberal seats
• Blue - Conservative seats
• Orange - NDP seats

• For earlier results, please see Canadian federal election results in Eastern Ontario.