OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Nov 06 (MARKET WIRE) --
- Preliminary results will be available at www.elections.ca from 10:00
p.m. (Eastern Time) on Monday, November 9, 2009, for the federal
by-elections in Cumberland-Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley (Nova Scotia),
Hochelaga (Quebec), Montmagny-L'Islet-Kamouraska-RiviA-A?1/2re-du-Loup
(Quebec) and New Westminster-Coquitlam (British Columbia). Unofficial
voter turnout results will be displayed in real time throughout the
night.
- As soon as polls close, the deputy returning officers count the votes
and transmit results to the returning officers for those electoral
districts, who immediately relay them electronically to Elections Canada
in Ottawa.
- On election day, there is a ban on disseminating election results until
the last polls close in all electoral districts.
"As soon as the polls close, Elections Canada staff work together to get
election results to Canadians as soon as possible," says Chief Electoral
Officer Marc Mayrand.
Elections Canada is an independent body set up by Parliament.
Contacts:
Elections Canada
Media Relations
1-877-877-9515
www.elections.ca
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