Preliminary 2008 Federal Election Results

"Preliminary 2008 Federal Election Results", October 2008

According to www.cbc.ca the results for the Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale are as follows (as of 11:16pm):

17 542 Conservative = 46.66%
10 118 Liberal = 27.2%
6 125 NDP = 16.5%
3 586 Green = 9.36
106 Marxist-Leninist = 0.28%

The riding around McMaster is incumbent Conservative. Interestingly, the other ridings in Hamilton all elected NDP to office.

Nationally:
144 Conservative Seats = 37.14% of the vote share
76 Liberal Seats = 27.7% of the vote share
50 Bloc Quebecois Seats = 8.8% of the vote share
34 NDP Seats = 18.55% of the vote share
3 Independant Seats = 0.78% of the vote share
0 Green Seats = 6.55% of the vote share
0 Other seats = 0.49% of the vote share

Nationally this corresponds to a Conservative minority government. There are also reports that the voter turn-out for this election is one of the lowest on record. More information to come!

What are your thoughts on both? Did you vote? Why or why not?