Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s ruling Liberal Party has won a snap parliamentary election, but failed to win a majority in the lower house of the country’s legislature (House of Commons)
According to the national electoral commission, the Liberals prevailed in 156 of 338 constituencies with 31.8% of the vote, and needed 170 seats to win outright.
The Conservative Party managed to win support in 121 constituencies – 34.1% – by winning districts with large populations. In third place was the Quebec bloc, which won in 32 constituencies (8.3%).
Another parliamentary election was due to be held in Canada in 2023, but the Liberal Party was only able to win 155 seats in the 2019 polls, preventing it from smoothly passing the laws needed to implement its agenda. On 15 August, Trudeau announced the dissolution of parliament and set snap elections for 20 September.
Under a minority government, the Liberals will once again have to seek support from the Quebec bloc and the New Democratic Party, but the situation in the Canadian parliament will not change much.