Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Canadian election results

I've been watching the Candian election results on elections.ca, and it seems that while the Conservatives have increased their seats, they have failed to win a majority. Which means they will probably get to hang around (and repeat this cynical exercise in another couple of years).

Meanwhile, as predicted, the results are a perfect example of the flaws of First Past the Post. The Conservatives win 47% of the seats on 38% of the vote, the Bloc Quebecois gets 16% from 10%, the NDP get 18% but only 12% of the seats, and the Greens win 7% and get nothing. Canada needs MMP - and it needs it now.