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Alberta NDP win in Calgary-Shaw byelection (www.cbc.ca)
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[–] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
2015 Alberta General Election 2026 Alberta General Election
NDP 5,449 (31.2%) ✅ Winner 7,461 (49.7%) ✅ Winner
UCP / PC 5,348 (30.7%) 6,879 (45.9%)
Wildrose / IND 5,962 (34.2%) (5,301 WR + 661 IND) 82 (0.5%)
Liberal 668 (3.8%) 602 (4.0%)
Total Valid Votes 17,427 15,002

Worth noting that the last time the NDP won this riding, Wildrose took a third of the vote, essentially producing perfect vote split that the NDP won off of. This time there's virtually no split and NDP got 49% of the vote (up from 31%) and beat the UCP fair and square. I combined the Wildrose and Independent into a single row to make it easy to compare its effect across the two elecrions.

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    [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Provincial?

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    [–] 11 points 1 month ago

    Congrats to the NDP!

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    [–] 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Low turn out but promising result! Before some argue the Alberta Progressive Tories split the UCP vote, so did the alberta liberal party from the NDP.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I saw that argument too but you could also assume that a lot of people didn’t want to vote for UCP any longer. And neither like the NDP (in Calgary a lot of people soured on Nenshi). So the Tories were a good non-UCP conservative option.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    but you could also assume that a lot of people didn’t want to vote for UCP any longer.

    I'm cautiously optimistic that is what's happening.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    I'm willing to have a reasonable conversation with a reasonable conservative any day. As long as you're not trying to carry water for that spectacular mistake of a party that is the UCP, I welcome the return of a principled conservative party to the province. I might not agree with them, but at least I can respect their refusal to go all the way to crazy town.

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    • [–] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    YES, Im ok if it's lib or ndp, as long as it's not con I'm happy!

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    [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)
    2015 Alberta General Election 2026 Alberta General Election
    NDP 5,449 (31.2%) ✅ Winner 7,461 (49.7%) ✅ Winner
    UCP / PC 5,348 (30.7%) 6,879 (45.9%)
    Wildrose / IND 5,962 (34.2%) (5,301 WR + 661 IND) 82 (0.5%)
    Liberal 668 (3.8%) 602 (4.0%)
    Total Valid Votes 17,427 15,002

    Worth noting that the last time the NDP won this riding, Wildrose took a third of the vote, essentially producing perfect vote split that the NDP won off of. This time there's virtually no split and NDP got 49% of the vote (up from 31%) and beat the UCP fair and square. The combined con vote is down and the NDP vote is up. By a lot.

    I combined the Wildrose and Independent into a single row to make it easy to compare its effect across the two elecrions.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Don't love the implication that defeating a split vote isn't "fair and square".

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Didn't mean it that way. I'd use every tool in the system to win an election and won't badmouth a win. It does make a difference in what it means though. Specifically the number of people that have switched to the NDP. In a sense it's a more solid vote than in 2015.

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    • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Provincial Centrists for the win.

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