The neo-democrats were heading for one of the worst results in their history on Monday at the end of the evening. Their disappointment benefits both the liberals and the conservatives, who share the seats escaped by the troops of Jagmeet Singh.
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At the time of writing these lines, the left -wing formation could hope to elect only 11 deputies throughout the country and it barely obtained more than 5% of the popular vote. It is very little, compared to the 25 seats won in 2021, with 17.8% of the vote.
The party should keep a single elected representative in Quebec, Alexandre Boulerice in Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie, the only survivor of the 2011 orange wave.
Even the star candidate Ruth Ellen Brosseau, who arrived in the countryside at the last minute, suffered the defeat in the hands of the blocist Yves Perron.
But it was especially in Ontario and British Columbia that the party has let go of some key counties, fallen into the hands of its two main opponents.
This result will necessarily force the neo-democratic chief, Jagmeet Singh, to reflect on his future at the head of the training. The latter had not spoken before the time of fall.
The evening promised to be difficult for Mr. Singh, late on his liberal opponent in his constituency of Burnaby-Center.
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The agreement with the government of Justin Trudeau will therefore not have allowed the new democratic party to seek new voters.
The troops of Jagmeet Singh had taken advantage of the Liberal minority government to conclude an alliance: the training would help Justin Trudeau to stay in power in exchange for gains on issues dear to its electoral base.
During the following four years, leftist training notably obtained an extension of the dental care program, in addition to the beginnings of a medication insurance project.
But the electoral campaign that concluded on Monday evening had become a plebiscite on the best person to negotiate with the American president, Donald Trump.
In this debate, the NPD was left on the side lines.
You have to go back to 1993 to find such a disappointing score for the Orange training. She had then collected only nine seats.
The party then initiated its slow reconstruction, until the official opposition is forming in the orange wave, under the direction of Jack Layton.
