Voter turnout in Canada’s election the highest since 2015
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The Liberals received slightly more than 43 per cent of the popular vote in a federal election that saw the biggest voter turnout since 2015.
Voter turnout in Canada’s federal election was the highest it’s been since 2015, Elections Canada says.
The Liberals regained the popular vote on Monday following two consecutive elections that saw them form minority governments but trail the Conservatives in the popular vote.
According to preliminary results from Elections Canada, as of Tuesday at 12 p.m. eastern, Mark Carney’s Liberals received 43.5 per cent of the popular vote with 8,367,521 ballots cast.
Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives received 7,950,394 votes amounting to 41.4 per cent.
That comes as the Liberals are projected to win 168 seats, while the Conservatives are projected to win 144.
Monday’s election also had the most people heading to the polls since 2015, with 19,216,917 people casting their vote, a total of 67.37 per cent of registered electors.
The last time Canada saw a higher percentage of electors voting was in 2015, when 68.3 per cent of the total number of registered voters cast a ballot.
The last time the winning party achieved 40 per cent or more of the popular vote was in 2000 when former prime minister Jean Chretien was elected to his third majority.
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