Carney Liberals missed winning majority by only 60 votes despite 19.5-million votes cast in last election, say pollsters

The April 28 election proved yet again why ground game is critical in the outcome of every election, says pollster Nik Nanos.

Just 60 more votes in three ridings—out of the 19.5 million cast in the last election—could have delivered a majority for Mark Carney's Liberals, says pollster Nik Nanos.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ABBAS RANA

July 7, 2025

If the Liberals had won just 60 more votes in the three ridings they lost by the narrowest margins in the April 28 election, they could have formed a majority government, say pollsters.

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