Despite a very difficult campaign, Justin Trudeau won his bet.
The next government of Canada will be formed by the Liberal Party of the Prime Minister, which thus obtains a third term, announced Monday the media of the country.
The results of the legislative elections, which are still preliminary, do not, however, make it possible to determine whether Justin Trudeau will be at the head of a majority or minority government.
We still have to wait for the last counts before having his exact score and that of the party of moderate conservative Erin O'Toole, who managed to break through during the campaign.
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The approximately 27 million Canadians were called upon to elect the 338 members of the House of Commons.
If neither of the two major parties is able to secure a majority of seats in Parliament, the winner will have to compose a minority government.
And for that, he will need to come to terms with the smaller parties, such as the New Democratic Party (NDP, left), of Jagmeet Singh or the Bloc Québécois, an independentist formation led by Yves-François Blanchet.
The last major party in the running, the Greens of Annamie Paul struggled to get their message of a climate emergency, fighting for their survival due to problems of unity and image.
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