Canada 2008: Official Results Thread

[Filuwaúrdjan]

CBC has declared that the Fascist has held Newbridge. He probably has, but there's still a lot left to count and he's not up by much. 'cmon Bloc!

[WalterMitty]

bq is in trouble in brome-missisquoi

[Verily]

CBC called Edmonton-Strathcona for Rahim Jaffer a long time ago, but Linda Duncan has now come extremely close (within three points) with still 78 polls out. Maybe they know more than I do about what's out.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

The NDP may have taken Sudbury. I'm actually a little shocked; of the two Nickleland seats that one's always been surprisingly resistent to the Socialist charge...

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

Go Uppal go - thank heavens he's back ahead.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

CBC called Edmonton-Strathcona a long time ago, but Linda Duncan has now come extremely close (within three points) with still 78 polls out. Maybe they know more than I do about what's out.

Like I said earlier, CBC are getting stupid with this early calling.

[Verily]

The NDP may have taken Sudbury. I'm actually a little shocked; of the two Nickleland seats that one's always been surprisingly resistent to the Socialist charge...

Sudbury is the surprise result of the night, I think. It's definitely NDP. Up almost 2000 votes with only 11 polls left.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Keeper is currently third in Churchill. Now, I'm guessing that the rez hasn't come in yet and she may make it respectable, but... well... oh, and poll results there will look soooooooo ugly.

The NDP may have taken Sudbury. I'm actually a little shocked; of the two Nickleland seats that one's always been surprisingly resistent to the Socialist charge...

Sudbury is the surprise result of the night, I think.

I can't believe it actually.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

bq is in trouble in brome-missisquoi

Well spotted. A possible Liberal takeback in the Estrie; not something anyone had predicted, I think.

[Verily]

bq is in trouble in brome-missisquoi

Well spotted. A possible Liberal takeback in the Estrie; not something anyone had predicted, I think.

No, I think people were aware Brome-Missisquoi might be in danger. At least, I was. But I think the Bloc will hold it, barely.

[Verily]

NDP leads in Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar... by 9 votes. 15 polls left, recent results to come in have favored the Conservatives. The gerrymandering of Saskatchewan is so blatant in this election; the NDP have 25.49% but may win no seats at all, while the Liberals have a safe seat with only 14.78% of the vote.

Also, best NDP province ended up being Newfoundland (!), although Nova Scotia, my prediction, was second. The NDP suffered from poor vote distribution in both of those provinces, too, racking up immense majorities in St. John's East and Sackville-Eastern Shore while getting second place in a lot of ridings (and winning Halifax). The Conservatives won three seats in Nova Scotia to the NDP's two despite the NDP leading the Conservatives in the PV by almost 3 points.

The Liberals won only three provinces and a territory: Nova Scotia (with less than 30% of the vote!), Newfoundland, PEI, and Yukon.

[Verily]

14 polls left, NDP leads by 33 votes in SRB.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

NDP leads in Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar... by 9 votes. 15 polls left, recent results to come in have favored the Conservatives. The gerrymandering of Saskatchewan is so blatant in this election; the NDP have 25.49% but may win no seats at all, while the Liberals have a safe seat with only 14.78% of the vote.

Yes, it's just dreadful. Oh well. I hope Wiebe can pull this off, but...

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I love Hamilton.

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

I'm impressed that the Conservatives won a seat in PEI

[Smid]

CBC called Edmonton-Strathcona a long time ago, but Linda Duncan has now come extremely close (within three points) with still 78 polls out. Maybe they know more than I do about what's out.

Like I said earlier, CBC are getting stupid with this early calling.

It's U of A in his Riding.

[Mr. Morden]

I don't suppose there are any election results maps out there for anyone wanting to look at the big picture?

[Verily]

CBC called Edmonton-Strathcona a long time ago, but Linda Duncan has now come extremely close (within three points) with still 78 polls out. Maybe they know more than I do about what's out.

Like I said earlier, CBC are getting stupid with this early calling.

It's U of A in his Riding.

Yes, I know... But they don't seem to. The riding has gotten even closer since I posted that.

[Verily]

I don't suppose there are any election results maps out there for anyone wanting to look at the big picture?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/map/2008/

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Block ahead in SRB. I know I've complained enough about the boundaries in Saskatchewan over the years, but this year it just looks obscene.

[Verily]

Block ahead in SRB. I know I've complained enough about the boundaries in Saskatchewan over the years, but this year it just looks obscene.

At least Edmonton-Strathcona is continuing to go in the right direction. Also, there's no real way to tell what those last ten polls in SRB will do.

[Meeker]

Is there any chance the Bloc will ditch Duceppe? This is the second election in a row where he's failed to make any real gains.

[Verily]

Duceppe is the Bloc's biggest asset. There's no way they ditch the most-liked leader in Canada.

Anyway, who is running the vote counting in Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca? 5/225 two whole hours after closing?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

The Bloc has let me down in parts of Quebec. Pull yourselves together! The Saguenay should not be largely represented by Tories! That little fascist Arthur should have been beaten!

Block ahead in SRB. I know I've complained enough about the boundaries in Saskatchewan over the years, but this year it just looks obscene.

At least Edmonton-Strathcona is continuing to go in the right direction. Also, there's no real way to tell what those last ten polls in SRB will do.

I'm expecting the worst so that I can be very happy if I'm wrong.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Welland is interesting