<page_title> New Democratic Party </page_title> <section_title> Election results </section_title> <table> <cell> Jack Layton <col_header> Leader </col_header> <row_header> 2004 </row_header> </cell> <cell> 2011 <col_header> Election </col_header> <col_header> 1962 </col_header> <col_header> 1963 </col_header> <col_header> 1965 </col_header> <col_header> 1968 </col_header> <col_header> 1972 </col_header> <col_header> 1974 </col_header> <col_header> 1979 </col_header> <col_header> 1980 </col_header> <col_header> 1984 </col_header> <col_header> 1988 </col_header> <col_header> 1993 </col_header> <col_header> 1997 </col_header> <col_header> 2000 </col_header> <col_header> 2004 </col_header> <col_header> 2006 </col_header> <col_header> 2008 </col_header> </cell> <cell> 2nd <col_header> % </col_header> <row_header> 2011 </row_header> </cell> <cell> Official Opposition <col_header> Rank </col_header> <row_header> 2011 </row_header> </cell> </table>
In the 2011 election under the leadership of Jack Layton, the NDP won the second most seats in the House, gaining the position of Official Opposition for the first time in the party's history.