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Originally Posted by MarchHare
It's not necessary for a third party to actually win any seats, they just need to siphon off a portion of the votes. For example, if a riding would have normally gone 55% to 45% but instead a third party takes away 15% of the vote from the first party, then it becomes 45% to (40% + 15%).
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We're talking about winning a majority government (which matters quite a bit), not winning a majority of the popular vote (which doesn't matter at all).
If only 2 parties get seats on of them will have a majority government as there is an odd number of seats.