Just to illustrate what happened
Conservatives came into campaign with 143 seats, they will now have 165-168
NDP came into campaign with 36 seats and will end with 105-110 (tripled their ranks)
Liberals came into campaign with 77 seats and will end with 25-30 (cut by 2/3rds) and their leader (the potential next PM had the Liberals won) lost.
Bloq Quebecois came into campaign with 47 seats and will end with 3-5 (cut by 90%) and their leader lost.
So the Liberals and BQ suffered massive loss, the NDP and Conservatives had big wins.
NDP is probably the biggest story of night, going from 4th place to 2nd.
But the Conservatives also won big.. the NDP/BQ/Liberal coalition forced this election and they end up in a weaker place than they were before.
Wow… I had figured on a fairly long night to determine the exact outcome but it’s pretty much a done deal
Conservatives will have a majority government, with a gain of 15-20 seats likely.
NDP will be the official opposition with over 100 seats, more than double the former numbers.
The Liberals and Bloq Quebecois are pretty much wiped out.
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Moments after the polls closed the Canadian Broadcasting Company is projecting a Conservative government in Canada with a strong chance of a majority for them.
They are also projecting big gains for the left NDP over the center-left Liberals, who would be in 3rd place for the first time ever.
UPDATE: They are now officially projecting the NDP as the opposition party, taking them from 4th to 2nd.