Early turnout shatters record in Canada polls with 7.3m ballots cast
Summary
More Canadians than ever before have voted early in the country's elections. Around 7.3 million votes were made over four days. Usually, the country votes in one day, which will be on 28 April this year.Key Facts
- A record-breaking 7.3 million Canadians voted early in this election.
- The early voting period was four days long, from a Friday to a Monday.
- Around 2 million people voted on just the first day of early voting.
- The 7.3 million early votes represent about 25% of all the people who are allowed to vote in Canada.
- The number of early votes this year is 25% more than the number of early votes in the last election, in 2021.
- More people are also voting by mail. More than 754,000 mail-in votes have been sent in, which is more than the 660,000 mail-in votes in the last election.
- The main parties in the elections are the Liberals and the Conservatives. Latest information suggests that the Liberals are more popular by 5 points.
- Some of the big topics for the election are a trade disagreement with the USA, and the leader of the USA suggesting that Canada could become part of America.
- The people leading the Liberals and the Conservatives have been traveling around the country to encourage people to vote for them.
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