New Democratic Party leadership election, 2012

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Candidate	Thomas Mulcair	Brian Topp	Nathan Cullen
Party	New Democratic	New Democratic	New Democratic
Fourth (Final) Ballot	33,881, 57.2%	25,329, 42.8%	Eliminated
Third Ballot	27,488, 43.8%	19,822, 31.6%	15,426, 24.6%
Second Ballot	23,902, 38.3%	15,624, 25.0%	12,449, 19.9%
First Ballot	19,728, 30.3%	13,915, 21.4%	10,671, 16.4%


Candidate	Peggy Nash	Paul Dewar	Martin Singh
Party	New Democratic	New Democratic	New Democratic
Fourth (Final) Ballot	Eliminated	Withdrew	Withdrew
Third Ballot	Eliminated	Withdrew	Withdrew
Second Ballot	10,519, 16.8%	Withdrew	Withdrew
First Ballot	8,353, 12.8%	4,883, 7.5%	3,821, 5.9%


Candidate	Niki Ashton
Party	New Democratic
Fourth (Final) Ballot	Eliminated
Third Ballot	Eliminated
Second Ballot	Eliminated
First Ballot	3,737, 5.7%

Leader before election

Nycole Turmel (interim)

Elected Leader

Thomas Mulcair

New Democratic Party leadership election, 2012
Date	March 24, 2012
Convention	Metro Toronto Convention Centre Toronto, Ontario
Resigning leader	Jack Layton (deceased)
Won by	Thomas Mulcair
Ballots	4
Candidates	8
Entrance Fee	$15,000
Spending limit	$500,000
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Nycole Turmel (interim)

Thomas Mulcair

New Democratic Party leadership elections

An election for the leadership of the New Democratic Party (NDP), a social democratic party in Canada, was called for March 24, 2012, in order to elect a permanent successor to Jack Layton who had died the previous summer.

The New Democratic Party's executive and caucus set the rules for the campaign at a series of meetings in September 2011. The election took place in Toronto and on the Internet. At the Leadership Convention, held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Thomas Mulcair was declared to be the new leader of the party. The convention was to be held at Exhibition Place's Allstream Centre, but it was moved to the larger venue due to a greater than expected number of delegates registering for the event.

The vote was open to all NDP members in a combination of exhaustive ballot and instant-runoff voting with one member, one vote (OMOV); each member voted by preferential ballot in advance, or with a single ballot for each round on the day of the election. The entrance fee was set at $15,000 and each candidate's spending limit was capped at $500,000.

Mulcair is the NDP's seventh leader elected since its founding in 1961. Because the NDP was the Official Opposition in the 41st Canadian Parliament, he also assumed the position of Leader of the Official Opposition in the Canadian House of Commons.

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