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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

They were just talking on CBC about how the SKParty House Leader resisted requests by Elections SK to have electronic tabulators like BC. Instead, we wait for 2 more seats more than 2 hours after polls closed.

BUT WE HAVE AN UPDATE! Look at the popular vote narrowing as the NDP creep up in seats

Seats Leading (Popular Vote)
SKP: 33 (57.6%)
NDP: 26 (34.2%)
Seats Outstanding: 2
Needed for Majority: 31

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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

If we expect to get the same turnout at 52.8% as last election, then we are about halfway through the votes at 25%.

Two and a half hours since the polls closed!

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Ruth O’Day

@chris

What’s the deal with the percentages?

26 seats is 42.6% of 61

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

@RuthODay that's the overall popular vote.

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

Pretty sure we just had our first drunken interview on CBC but I'll refrain to say what party headquarters it was from lol!!

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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

UPDATE All seats are Reporting! The Sask Party has a lead in 34 ridings, which would be enough for a majority but no call yet as there are MANY very close ridings.

They are now talking about Mail ballots which aren't counted until Thursday!

Seats Leading (Popular Vote)
SKP: 34 (56.2%)
NDP: 27 (35.7%)
Seats Outstanding: 0
Needed for Majority: 31

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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

Case in point! A riding with an exact tie. This would be a NDP pickup and could be a decider for the election!

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Ruth O’Day

@chris

Ahh.

From the polling I had thought that the popular vote was more even.

Michael Russell

@chris Is Saskatchewan a coin flip or a by-election?

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

@michaelrussell good question! I forget!

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

The NDP gets up to 26 but SK at 34. Apparently NDP have swept all seats, currently, in Regina. Including taking some cabinet members of the SK Party The Popular Vote continues to narrow. The NDP have 55% of the vote in Regina.

Seats Leading (Popular Vote)
SKP: 34 (55.8%)
NDP: 26 (36.2%)
Seats Outstanding: 0
Needed for Majority: 31

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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

@RuthODay It's a big rural/urban divide. The overall popular vote right now is 55% SKParty but in Regina it's 55% NDP.

Astrobach :breadified:

@chris

From BC, where the NDP seem to have won in a fucking coin flip of an election that is coming down to as little as a dozen votes, good luck, comrade.

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

@michaelrussell Oh! I just checked. None of the above! Literally! The seat becomes vacant!

(which I guess means *eventually* it goes to a by-election, but not immediate?) Weird!

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

@rorystarr I’m in BC too!

Astrobach :breadified:

@chris ah well, how have you enjoyed the emotional roller coaster of this week? Because I think I need a nap haha.

Grant Gulovsen

@chris Who are the good guys so I know who to root for?

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

@rorystarr I'm very glad it's over!!

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

@gulovsen
SaskParty is incumbent right-wing
NDP is left-wing (and Saskatchewan was in fact NDP for a very long time decades ago)

Personally, Go NDP!

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸

NDP creep up one more to 27 and the Popular Vote narrows more. NDP getting close to 40% while SKP get down toward 50%.

Seats Leading (Popular Vote)
SKP: 34 (55.0%)
NDP: 27 (37.1%)
Seats Outstanding: 0
Needed for Majority: 31

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