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Mark Carney's Liberal Party is expected to win enough seats in the House of Commons to form a government in Canada. It is not yet clear whether they will be able to secure a majority. | Mark Carney's Liberal Party is expected to win enough seats in the House of Commons to form a government in Canada. It is not yet clear whether they will be able to secure a majority. |
Carney is set to remain prime minister, having only assumed the role in early March following Justin Trudeau's resignation. | |
Carney's Liberals are leading in 167 seats but are currently short of the 172 needed for a majority. | |
The Conservatives, led by Pierre Poilievre, are set to remain in opposition as the second-largest party and are leading in 145 seats, with 98% of polls having reported results. | |
Bloc Québécois - is leading in 23 seats and only runs candidates in the province of Quebec. The New Democratic Party (NDP) is leading in seven seats and the Green Party in one. | |
Canada has a "first-past-the-post" electoral system. | Canada has a "first-past-the-post" electoral system. |
The candidate who gets the most votes in each electoral district, or riding, wins that seat and become a Member of Parliament (MP). | The candidate who gets the most votes in each electoral district, or riding, wins that seat and become a Member of Parliament (MP). |
The Liberals and the Conservatives have dominated the popular vote, with both parties receiving more than 40% each of ballots counted across Canada so far. | |
This has them on track to win a combined 90% of seats. | This has them on track to win a combined 90% of seats. |
The NDP has received just over 6% of the total vote declared so far, but this translates to just 2% of seats in the House of Commons. | |
Bloc Québécois has just under 7% of the vote and a similar share of seats. | |
Both the Liberals and the Conservatives have seen a significant rise in their share of the national vote compared with four years ago. | |
Increased support for Canada's two largest parties has come at the expense of smaller parties, particularly the NDP whose share is down by around 12 percentage points. | |
The Liberals are on course to win the most seats in the key provinces of Ontario and Quebec, which account for 200 of Canada's 343 electoral districts. | |
The Conservatives are ahead in Alberta, while there is little to choose between the two main parties in British Columbia. | |
LIVE: Follow BBC's coverage of the results | LIVE: Follow BBC's coverage of the results |
VOTERS: How I decided who gets my vote | VOTERS: How I decided who gets my vote |