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Yesterday (is it today yet?) was election day in Canada. And for nearly 900 Canadians, it was time to exercise their democratic right to vote. 40 congressmen have been chosen from the 118 candidates - a thoroughly excellent showing from everyone involved.

So what happened?

In a raw numbers breakdown, the votes were divided as follows:

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DAL and CPF had by far the greatest voter presence with over 200 votes apiece. The CPF, however, achieved a 93% "turnout" with 261 votes cast for a 282 member party. This does not particularly speak to the CPF's activity since many of these voters are not CPF members, but it does speak to the CPF's political support. Regardless of their own organization or activity, the CPF draws proportionally far more attention than any other party.

I'd also like to direct your attention to the EPIC portion of the graph. Despite being the smallest party in the elections, EPIC's "turnout" exceeded 81% - among the highest in the country. Any remnants of EPIC's former stagnation appear to be gone.

So what about congress seats? Not surprisingly, the distribution does not reflect the raw votes:


The only party to receive representation equivalent to the votes was the CEP - with 13%. The Union Nationale and Canadian Progressive Front both exceeded their voter representation, while DAL and EPIC fell short.

For a nation-wide breakdown of the vote, take a look at how Canadians in different regions vote😛



In this representation, congress seats are charted by region on the bar graphs above each province. Ontario, for example, saw 8 Congressmen elected. Each region is coloured based on which political party received the highest percentage of votes. Colour intensity increases as representation rises.

Apart from Nova Scotia (where Independents under the CPF received the most votes), parties with highest representation received at least 1 seat in that region.

The following are statistics of some note:
- Every Top 5 Party President ran for election yesterday, 3 of whom ran in Alberta. All of them were elected except for Alastar Aingleis, who ran in Ontario.
- The CPF received at least one seat in every region except for Nova Scotia and PEI.
- EPIC, the smallest Top 5 party, was the only party to draw its seats from exclusively Q5 Regions. All 5 of their seats were Wild Card votes.
- Despite 1 independent and several Non-Top 5 Party candidates, only candidates from the major political parties were elected.

This article will be updated as this information changes. For now, however, that's what happened on the hill. If you liked what you saw, please vote, comment, and subscribe.

~Sperry