Some ridings still too close to call with mail-in ballots still being counted
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While Canadians didn’t have to wait too long on election night to find out who will lead the next government, there are still some individual seats too close to call.
As of Wednesday evening, seven seats had yet to be called, according to CTVNews.ca’s election tracker, with the Liberals leading in three of the races, the Conservatives leading in one, the Bloc Quebecois leading in one, and the NDP in two.
The number still to be decided won’t affect the overall election result, which saw the Liberals returned with a minority government, the Conservatives the Official Opposition, and both the Bloc and NDP holding enough seats to hold the balance of power when it comes to the Liberals passing key legislation.
But the outcomes of the individual races will have an impact on the people who live in those ridings, and could also end up affecting the outcome of free votes, where members don’t always vote along party lines, as well as the overall demographic breakdown of the House of Commons.
Seat counts can sometimes be seen as a referendum on party leaders, and any last-minute changes to the projected counts will be assessed by the parties as they take stock of their overall electoral showing.
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