In the results of Canada’s federal election on April 28, no political party has won a majority in the 343-member House of Commons. The Liberal Party won 168 seats, four short of the majority mark of 172. That’s three more than it had last time. The main opposition Conservative Party won 144 seats in the 343-member House of Commons; its leader, Paul Pierre, lost his seat. The Bloc Quebecois won 23 seats and the NDP won seven. The Green Party won one seat.
Faced with economic, security, immigration and strategic challenges facing the country, pressure from US President Donald Trump to join as the 51st state of the US, daily threats to collapse its economy by imposing tariffs, threats to Canada’s sovereignty, unity and integrity, and its reputation, it was believed that the people would elect a majority government led by an effective leader this time. In 5 of the last 8 elections, the people had elected a hung parliament. The country’s continuous minority governments had a major impact on the formulation and development of economic, administrative, security and foreign policy.
According to the trends so far, the people of Canada have once again voted in favor of a hung parliament and a minority government in favor of Liberal Party Prime Minister Mark Carney for the third consecutive time, i.e. in 2019, 2021 and now 2025.
Surprisingly, on election day, the US President intervened in a very shameful manner. He said that he wished the great people of Canada good luck and urged Canadian voters to vote for the person (i.e. me) who has the power and wisdom to cut your taxes in half, increase your military strength, take you to the top of the world for free, buy your products, develop you fourfold with zero taxes and zero tariffs, if you become the 51st state of America. US Secretary of the Interior Marco Rubio said that Trump’s real goal is to deal with the trade deficit with Canada. This can only be dealt with properly if Canada joins the US as a state, but immediately giving a sharp reply to Trump, Conservative Party Leader Piero Poliver and Liberal Party Leader Mark Carney said that US President Donald Trump should stay away from the Canadian elections. The people of Canada will decide their future destiny through the ballot box. Canada will never become the 51st state of America.
Some surprising results have also come out in the elections. Conservative Party leader Pierre Poliver, who was fighting for political change in the country, was still hoping for a huge victory for his party and formation of a government in the upcoming federal elections in Canada by January 2025. The Conservative Party had to face consecutive defeats in the federal elections of 2015, 2019, 2021, and itself lost the seat of Carleton Ontario. The Conservative Party, like the Indian political party BJP, had locked its electoral party card in this constituency at the last opportunity, but they could not save Poliver’s seat. This seat was won by Liberal Party leader Bruce Fan Joy. He won by getting 42374 votes compared to Poliver’s 38581 votes. This has come as a huge shock to the Conservative Party.
The second surprising result is the defeat of NDP supremo Jagmeet Singh in the British Columbia province, where the party is also in government, by the Liberal Party candidate from the Karnbay constituency. He has decided to step down from the party leadership due to this. It is worth mentioning that this time, under the leadership of Jagmeet Singh, the NDP has also lost its recognized opposition party status in the House of Commons. For this status, any political party must have at least 12 seats in the House.
Punjabis are in the lead
During the federal elections held in Canada, 22 Punjabis have won the MP election, while about 65 Punjabis contested this election. If we look at the election results, it is revealed that most of the losers from the seats where Punjabis have won the election are also Punjabis. Therefore, in many constituencies, there was a fight between Punjabis. The dominance of Punjabis in Canada’s federal elections has been increasing steadily for the past several decades. In the 2019 elections, 20 Punjabis had voted, while in the 2021 elections, 18 Punjabi MPs were elected, many of whom have also been cabinet and state-level ministers. During the current elections, there were 16 MPs who have won re-election. The important winners in these are Ruby Sahota, Maninder Sidhu, Anita Anand (cabinet minister), Bardish Chagar (former minister), Anju Dhillon, Mukh Dhaliwal, Ikwinder Singh, Randeep Singh, Gurbaksh Saini Param Bains belongs to the Liberal Party. The winning Punjabi candidates belonging to the Conservative Party include Jasraj Hallan, Davinder Gill, Amandeep Gill, Arpan Khanna, Tim Uppal (former minister) Param Gill, Sukhman Gill, Jagsharan Singh Mahal, Herb Gill etc. Among the losers, Kamal Khaira (Cabinet Minister) was an important candidate who stood for the Liberal Party.
Among the Punjabis who registered victories for both the major parties of Canada, the Liberal and the Conservative, in the results of the announced federal elections, Ruby Sahota of the Liberal Party from Brampton North in the province of Ontario defeated her opponent Amandeep Judge of the Conservative Party, Maninder Sidhu of the Liberal Party from Brampton East defeated Bob Dosanjh of the Conservative Party, Amandeep Sohi of the Liberal Party from Brampton Centre defeated Conservative Taran Chahal, and Conservative Sukhdeep Kang of the Liberal Party defeated Son
Iya Sidhu and Amarjit Gill of the Conservative Party from Brampton West have won by defeating Kamal Khaira of the Liberal Party. Similarly, Anita Anand from Oakville in the province of British Columbia, Bardish Chagger from Waterloo, Anju Dhillon from Dorval-Lachin, Senior Leader Sukh Dhaliwal from Surrey Newton, Ikwinder Singh Gahir from Mississauga-Malton, Randeep Singh Sarai from Surrey Centre, Gurbaksh Singh Saini from Fleetwood-Port-Cales, Param Bains from Richmond East have managed to win again.
Conservative candidate Jasraj Singh Hallan has won re-election from Calgary East in the province of Alberta, while Conservative Amanpreet Singh Gill from Calgary Skyview and Conservative Dalwinder Gill from Calgary McKnight have won. Conservative Arpan Khanna from Oxford, Conservative Party Deputy Leader Tim Uppal from Edmonton Gateway, Conservative Parm Gill from Milton East, Sukhman Gill from Abesfort South Calgary, Conservative Jagsharan Singh Mahal from Edmonton Southeast and Conservative Herb Gill from Windsor West won.
Canada This time, the minority Liberal Party government is going to be led by new economic expert leader Mark Carney. Justin Trudeau led three governments led by this party: 2015 (majority government) and minority governments in 2019 and 2021. He had to resign due to opposition from within his party. In his place, the party elected Mark Carney as its leader with a large majority (85 percent), who took over after Trudeau and announced a snap federal election on March 23. The general election was scheduled for October 2025. He won the election from the Nappen constituency on April 28.
Who is Mark Carney
Mark Carney has been the governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England. He earned great fame for helping Canada get out of the 2007-08 recession. Instead of rekindling warm relations with the US, he wants to have trade and economic relations with other nations, such as the European Union, China and India. After becoming Prime Minister, he also visited the UK and France for this purpose. Now he is taking charge as the 25th Prime Minister of the country. The main challenge before his government is to deal with the Trump disaster, Trump tariffs and his inclusion of Canada as the 51st state in the US. Apart from this, the main challenges are the skyrocketing cost of living, the economic downturn, the lack of housing, healthcare (doctors available to families), government spending, crime and drug trafficking, immigration, the environment and taxes. Strengthening the country’s security is to be addressed. The coming months will show how Mark Carney, the economic expert Prime Minister of Canada, leads a country out of many challenges.
