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Calgary East

2008 Results

Calgary East
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Nov. 7, 2008 5:00 PM EST		216/216 polls
CON	Deepak Obhrai	21,311	66.47	Elected
NDP	Ian Vaughan	3,767	11.75
GRN	Nathan Coates	3,403	10.61
LIB	Bernie Kennedy	3,255	10.15
COM	Jason Devine	325	1.01

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2006 Results

DISTRICT: Calgary East

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Vote Share

Elected

Deepak Obhrai

CON

26766

67.1%

Dobie To

LIB

5410

13.56%

Patrick Arnell

NDP

4338

10.87%

John Mark Taylor

GRN

2954

7.41%

Jason Devine

COM

239

0.6%

Ghazanfar Khan

CAP

183

0.46%

Election Day: Jan. 23, 2006

211 of 211 polls reporting

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Overall Results

Overall Election Results
Party	Elected	Leading	Total	Vote Share (%)
Updated: Nov. 7, 2008, 5:00 PM EST
CON	143	0	143	37.63
LIB	77	0	77	26.24
BQ	49	0	49	9.97
NDP	37	0	37	18.20
IND	2	0	2	0.65
GRN	0	0	0	6.80
OTH	0	0	0	0.51

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