This is a good, solid source with a pretty good interactive map: https://globalnews.ca/news/6023150/...VidTHGyfLfhiSs3-nQPOe0OpWgh4tnQf-3lBy-TeCZxSI Or this link: http://wikielections.com/north-amer...ve-voting-dates-opinion-exit-poll-candidates/ (without interactive map) There are 338 electoral districts (called "Ridings") in Canda. In order to win an outright absolute majority (without the need for a coalition) in the Canadian Parliament, you need 170 Ridings. The Canadian news services are pretty darned good at getting the results out in a timely fashion. -Stt
So, the results are not final, but it looks like a Trudeau (LIB) minority government, with at least 152 seats. The Conservatives gained a lot of ground and went from 95 seats in 2015 to at least 121 now, a gain of +26. That's not enough for them. Interestingly enough, if you total the popular vote, at current, the Conservatives are ever so slightly ahead of the Liberals. So, in a certain way, we are looking at the 2016 US presidential election, only, in reverse colors. And now, a lesson in how the eye views things (population density). This is, by landmass, the largest "Riding" (electoral district / representative district) in Canada - The Northwest Territories: With a landmass of 519,734 square miles, the area of The Northwest territories is just slightly less than the landmass of the West Coast of the USA (Washington, Oregon, California) plus Idaho Nevada (total 528,000 square miles): That just for perspective. More perspective. In the 2016 presidential election, sum total of 21,372,043 million votes were cast. In the election last night in Canada, in this Riding, where the LIBS surprisingly won a seat, only 17,000 votes were cast. It kind of makes you think that not many people want to live out in the tundra, nöööö. Now, maybe the better landmass comparision would be to Alaska, which has it's fair share of tundra: With 665,384 square miles, Alaska is larger than Canada's Northwest Territory (519,734) by 1.3 to 1.0. In Alaska, 318,608 votes were cast in the 2016 presidential election. Again, in the Northwest Territories, under 17,000 votes were cast. This is just a reminder that landmass does not equal population density. -Stat
