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- NDP wins historic 3rd majority in Manitoba

- Manitoba NDP Leader Gary Doer has led his party to a historic third majority government in the province's 39th general election, taking 36 of 57 seats.
- PCs win 19 seats, lose ground from 2003
- The Progressive Conservatives won 19 out of 57 ridings Tuesday — a drop of one seat from 2003.
- Liberals hold 2 seats
- Voters denied the Liberals official party status on Tuesday, although the party held its two existing seats.
- Greens make slight gains
- The Green party's dreams of a breakthrough quickly wilted on Tuesday night.
- 16 cabinet ministers re-elected, one loses nailbiter
- Sixteen members of Premier Gary Doer's former NDP cabinet in Manitoba were re-elected Tuesday, but Trade Minister Scott Smith lost the riding of Brandon West in a squeaker.
- NDP hangs on to key south Winnipeg ridings
- South Winnipeg was the main battleground in the capital during the 2007 election, with the NDP, Liberals and Tories fighting over several seats in the area's fast-growing, affluent suburbs — but the NDP is prevailing, CBC News projects.
- NDP gains 2 Winnipeg seats
- Manitoba's New Democrats stole two seats from the Progressive Conservatives in Tuesday's election, both in Winnipeg.
- Brandon cabinet minister unseated, incumbents hold rural seats
- Incumbents mostly dominated the races in southern Manitoba's rural ridings — although a cabinet minister was unseated in Brandon West, one of two ridings in Manitoba's second-largest city.
- PCs, NDP split central Manitoba seats
- The Progressive Conservatives and New Democrats took four seats apiece in central Manitoba, duplicating the result from 2003.
- NDP retains northern stronghold
- The New Democrats kept all five northern constituencies where they elected MLAs in 2003.
- PC leader wins home riding
- Progressive Conservative Leader Hugh McFadyen has been re-elected to his Fort Whyte constituency.
- Liberal Leader Gerrard wins in River Heights
- CBC News has projected that Liberal Leader Jon Gerrard, 59, has been re-elected in River Heights.
- Doer re-elected in home riding
- It was the icing on the cake for NDP Leader Gary Doer on Tuesday night — handily winning his home riding, Concordia.
- Tories draw first blood in Steinbach
- The Progressive Conservatives drew first blood Tuesday night, re-electing Kelvin Goertzen in the Southern Manitoba riding of Steinbach in Manitoba's general election.
- Polls close on rainy Manitoba election day

- Polls across Manitoba closed at 8 p.m. CT Tuesday evening in the province's 39th general election.
- Behind the ballot: Ridings to watch
- A few thousand votes in a dozen key ridings decide which party forms the government in Manitoba — and all eyes are pinned to them on election night.