Alberta, a province of Canada, obtains independence after the province of Quebec seceded following the beginning of the Second American Civil War and the collapse of the Canadian economy. An election is held to determine the first president of this new nation.
| Welcome to the 30th Alberta General Election! |
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| The United Conservative Party has won a majority of seats! |
| Polls close at 8pm MT / 10pm ET. |
Results
| Party | Leader | Dissolution | Seats Won | Seats +/- | Vote Share |
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| UCP | Jason Kenney | 25 | 63 | +38 | 55.2% |
| NDP | Rachel Notley | 52 | 24 | -28 | 32.2% |
| AP | Stephen Mandel | 3 | 0 | -3 | 9.2% |
| LIB | David Khan | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1.0% |
| FCP | Derek Fildebrandt | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0.5% |
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Final Update: 01:00 ET
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At dissolution, there were also 3 Independent MLAs, 1 Progressive Conservative MLA, and one vacant seat. For legal purposes, the "Progressive Conservatives" and "Wildrose Party" are running 1 candidate each.
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There are three other parties running at least 10 candidates: the Alberta Independence Party (63), Green Party of Alberta (32), and the Alberta Advantage Party (28).
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Three parties are running under 5 candidates: Alberta Communist Party (4), Pro-Life Alberta (1), and the Reform Party (1). Of note, Pro-Life Alberta is the new name of the Alberta Social Credit Party.
Helpful Elections Alberta Links
Live Streams
Think you've got what it takes to make a seat projection better than myself, Eric Grenier, or PJ Fournier?
Submit your predictions here!
- Outline how many seats will be gained by the NDP, UCP, Liberal Party, Alberta Party, and any others (FCP, Greens, Independence...etc.)
- Suggest a precent turnout
Winners will be decided on lowest deviation from actual results.
Ties will be assessed based on guessing most accurate percent turnout.
Rewards:
1 Platinum for closest guess
2 Gold for second best guess
1 Gold for third best guess
Good luck!
Submissions must be in before the end of voting (approx 8PM mountain time).
| Welcome to the 29th Alberta General Election! |
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| This is going to be a fun night. I'll be posting lots of information within this thread, and will be live-updating the post throughout the evening as results and news come in. If you have the latest version of RES, the tables are sortable! Click the headings to sort the tables. |
| History has been made. Alberta has elected an NDP majority government. |
| Don't forget to sort the comments by "new" to keep the discussion going as the night develops! |
Results
| Party | Leader | Seats At Dissolution | Seats Won | Seats +/- | Vote % | Number of Votes | Leader's Seat | Did the leader win their seat? |
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| New Democratic Party | Rachel Notley | 4 | 53 | +49 | 40.40 | 580,668 | Edmonton-Strathcona | Yes |
| Wildrose Party | Brian Jean | 5 | 21 | +16 | 24.31 | 349,406 | Fort McMurray-Conklin | Yes |
| Progressive Conservative Party | Jim Prentice | 70 | 10* | -60 | 27.88 | 400,534 | Calgary-Foothills | Yes, but resigns seat and leadership effective immediately. |
| Liberal Party | David Swann | 5 | 1 | -4 | 4.21 | 60,497 | Calgary-Mountain View | Yes |
| Alberta Party | Greg Clark | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2.26 | 32,463 | Calgary-Elbow | Yes |
- 86/87 seats - *this takes into consideration Prentice's immediate resignation.
- 7019/7141 polls reporting
#2012 Results
| Party | Leader | Seats At Dissolution | Seats Won | Seats +/- | Vote % | Number of Votes | Leader's Seat | Did the leader win their seat? |
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| New Democratic Party | Brian Mason | 2 | 4 | +2 | 9.85 | 127,074 | Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood | Yes |
| Wildrose Party | Danielle Smith | 4 | 17 | +13 | 34.28 | 442,325 | Highwood | Yes |
| Progressive Conservative Party | Alison Redford | 66 | 61 | -5 | 43.97 | 567,312 | Calgary-Elbow | Yes |
| Liberal Party | Raj Sherman | 8 | 5 | -3 | 9.89 | 127,626 | Edmonton-Meadowlark | Yes |
| Alberta Party | Glenn Taylor | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1.31 | 16,959 | West Yellowhead | No |
Helpful Links
| Link | What is this? |
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| Link 1 | Opinion Polls |
| Link 2 | Elections Alberta results page |
| Link 3 | ThreeHundredEight's Alberta page |
| Link 4 | All ThreeHundredEight Alberta articles |
| Link 5 | Too Close To Call's (/u/bryanbreguet) final projection |
| Link 6 | CBC News Alb |
This was before 2017 and 2019 but this is more interesting
UKIP got 3.8 million votes in 2015 according to wikipedia while the Revoke A50 petition is just shy of 5 million.
I know that there were leave voters across the political spectrum/parties but an interesting bit of information nonetheless.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Parliamentary General Election 2015
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Venue: 650 constituencies, Your local polling station
Kick-off time: 7am til 10pm
Referee: Electoral Commission, Returning Officers, Electoral Administrators
Thursday's Newspaper Front Pages
Last 5 Games:
Labour: L, W, W, W, L
Conservatives: W, L, L, L, L (D)
Lib Dems: L, L, L, L, L (D)
Possible high profile upsets: (ie "Portillo Moment")
Nick Clegg (Lib Dem Leader, Lib Dems)
Charles Kennedy (Previous Leader, Lib Dems)
Simon Hughes (Previous Deputy Leader, Lib Dems)
Danny Alexander (Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Lib Dems)
Alistair Carmichael (Secetary of State for Scotland, Lib Dems)
Jim Murphy (Scottish Labour "Leader", Labour)
Douglas Alexander (Shadow Foreign Secretary, Labour)
Margaret Curran (Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, Labour)
Esther McVey (Minister of State for Employment, Conservative)
STREAMS:
C4 Player
Recommended Election Coverage:
BBC One:
David Dimbleby (supported by Nick Robinson, Jeremy Vine, Emily Maitlis and Andrew Neil) will anchor the BBC’s coverage of his ninth and last general election, from 10pm-7am.
Huw Edwards will then take over, continuing to host coverage until 10pm.
Alternative Election Coverage:
Channel 4:
Jeremy Paxman and David Mitchell (including special gogglebox edition) provide an alternative to the Established coverage by The Dimblebot.
21:00 - 21:30 C4's Alternative Election Night
21:30 - 22:00 The Last Leg Election Special
22:00 - 23:00 Gogglebox Election Special
23:00 - 00:00 Paxman and Mitchell
00:00 - 06:00 Alternative Election - The Results (Paxman, Mitchell, Richard Osman, Cathy Newman + others)
Live Text Updates
Others:
[Charlie Brooker's Election Wipe](http://www.bbc.co.uk/
... keep reading on reddit ➡
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