Results open...

[lynedd]

At 10:00pm:

PC - 24 seats
Lib - 11 seats
NDP - 8 seats

All results are unofficial until final ballot counts are verified by Elections Canada...

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At 10:15pm:

Jack Layton has been elected in Toronto-Danforth.
None of the other party leaders are leading

Comments

margin of victory

[bitterwind]

trivia: it would have taken 6201 people changing their vote to deny the Conservatives a majority.

http://atconstantspeed.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/6201-reasons-to-work-for-electoral-reform-in-canada/

Re: margin of victory

[bitterwind]

(well, technically half that number I suppose - 6201 was the combined margin of victory, each vote flipping Conservative --> NDP would have cut the margin by 2)

Re: margin of victory

[lynedd]

That's kind of depressing...