In a spectacular reversal of the situation, the Bloc Québécois returns first to Terrebonne in the account of the votes made by elections Canada, three days after the election.
The non -partisan organization is preparing to publish an unexpected update in the second tightest race in all of Canada in the general elections on Thursday. The preliminary results now win the outgoing deputy, Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, by 44 votes, for the benefit of her liberal rival, Tatiana Auguste, confirmed blquist and liberal sources.
The account of the last polling stations made on Tuesday had given the victory to the liberal campaign, which managed to obtain 23,296 votes on Monday. The latest preliminary results reported that the liberal candidate, Mme Auguste won this election with a meager margin of 35 votes.
However, the dramatic stroke Thursday: the Bloc Québécois campaign learned that Élections Canada adds 79 additional votes for its candidate. Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné thus won the victory, having received the support of 23,340 voters, shows a document of which The duty obtained a copy. The official Canada election website had still not displayed these new results when these lines were written.
It was not possible to know the nature of the error that led to this late turnaround. Canada elections had not yet answered calls or emails from Duty.
It is expected that a judicial recount is made for this counting, given the extremely tight result of the race as well as the scraper in the unveiling of the winner. It is very rare that the preliminary results of the Canada election are changed days after the vote.
A victory in Terrebonne would mean a smaller fall for the Bloc Québécois, whose Caucus would have 23 elected officials in Ottawa. On the other hand, the Liberals of Mark Carney move more from a parliamentary majority, with 168 elected officials. The Canada Conservative Party will always form official opposition, with 144 seats. The new Democratic Party only managed to keep 7 seats on Monday; The Green Party, only one.
More details will follow.
