It is anticipated that Mark Carney’s Liberal Party will secure enough Commons seats to form a Canadian government. Whether they can get a majority is still up in the air.
Carney, who only took over as prime minister in early March after Justin Trudeau resigned, is expected to stay in that position.
Although they currently hold a majority of 172 seats, Carney’s Liberals are ahead by more than 150 seats.
The second-largest party, the Conservatives, under Pierre Poilievre, are expected to continue to be in opposition.
The Green Party, the New Democratic Party (NDP), and the Bloc Québécois—which only fields candidates in the province of Quebec—share the remaining seats.
An electoral system known as “first-past-the-post” is used in Canada.
Each electoral district, also known as a riding, has a winner who receives the most votes and is elected as a Member of Parliament (MP).
Both parties have received over 40% of the votes counted so far in Canada, indicating that the Liberals and Conservatives have dominated the popular vote.
With this, they are on course to secure a total of 90% of the seats.
