Publication Date:
Tue, 2011-04-12 01:58
The Nanos Research tracking poll of results over three days of surveys put support for the Conservatives at 41.2 percent, up from 40.5 percent in a Saturday poll.
Support for the main opposition Liberals was at 30.4 percent, down from 31.7 percent, while the left-leaning New Democratic Party rose to 15.2 percent from 13.2 percent.
Under Canada’s first-past-the-post electoral system, a party needs around 40 percent of the vote to win a majority of the 308 seats in the House of Commons.
The past two governments have been Conservative minorities, requiring the Tories to get support from at least one other party to maintain power. The government was defeated in a non-confidence motion on March 25.
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