At the time, the only government who had lost more seats during an election were the Arthur Meighen led Conservatives in the 1921 election, losing 104 seats to Mackenzie King's Liberals. However, in terms of percentage of seats lost, the Liberals' loss was slightly larger. The Meighen Conservatives lost 68 percent of their seats compared to the Unionists' total from 1917, while the Liberals lost 72 percent of their seats from 1980. Additionally, a number of Liberal Unionists had rejoined the Liberals before 1921.