[GDT] YYC Votes 2025

[getbak]

Clark has just taken the lead over Gar in Ward 9. Just 80 votes ahead.

The Councillor counts still have a very low percentage of polls reporting, but they said the advanced polls for the Councillor seats will be counted last, so there might be a lot of polls with only a handful of votes from each one.

[malcolmk14]

We were told to count mayor first as that’s what a lot of people watch. Late night, my station counted fast and we were there till 11:30.

[curves2000]

Originally Posted by malcolmk14

We were told to count mayor first as that’s what a lot of people watch. Late night, my station counted fast and we were there till 11:30.

So the delays thus far are getting the results fed from the polling station to the central office?

Thanks for working this election, couldn't have been easy.

[Parallex]

if this holds then Council is going to be really really green... is it only 3 returning incumbents (with one of them being McLean, who's a tool, and another being Wyness... who's an idiot)?

[malcolmk14]

Originally Posted by curves2000

So the delays thus far are getting the results fed from the polling station to the central office?

Thanks for working this election, couldn't have been easy.

Yes. Supervisors at each location are calling results in as they count them. We were told to count mayor and call it in before counting anything else.

My central numbers were in by 11:00 and I’d say I was probably in the fastest 25%.

Thanks, long day. Long lines but everyone was mostly happy.

[GullFoss]

Council is going to be a sausage fest

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Parallex

if this holds then Council is going to be really really green... is it only 3 returning incumbents (with one of them being McLean, who's a tool, and another being Wyness... who's an idiot)?

It looks like 4 incumbents. Chatbot and Dhaliwal too.

[GullFoss]

How does Chabot get re-elected with a minimal campaign budget election after election? Really good councilor too imo. Smart guy, cares, understands policy.

[Locke]

Gondek concedes. Looks like its between Farkas and Sharpe barring any surprises.

[GullFoss]

There's about 6000 votes left for each of Farkas and Sharp. The probability of sharp getting an extra 1000 votes in that context is pretty small. It's not impossible, but it's small.

At this point we can say Farkas probably is our new mayor.

[GullFoss]

Deleted tweet as guy doesn't seem more credible than I

[curves2000]

Originally Posted by GullFoss

There's about 6000 votes left for each of Farkas and Sharp. The probability of sharp getting an extra 1000 votes in that context is pretty small. It's not impossible, but it's small.

At this point we can say Farkas probably is our new mayor.

I agree but are they not counting the early voting ballots tomorrow morning? There is a lot of votes left and the lead could be small.


Either way I would assume there will be some recounts happening.

[GullFoss]

Originally Posted by curves2000

I agree but are they not counting the early voting ballots tomorrow morning? There is a lot of votes left and the lead could be small.


Either way I would assume there will be some recounts happening.

I think they have already counted the advanced ballots for mayor.

[Mathgod]

Whether the winner is Farkas or Sharp, it seems counterintuitive that less than 100k people get to decide who the mayor is for a city of 1.6M.

Maybe I'm out to lunch on this, but it seems like the winner will have way more total votes against them than for them. Something about that doesn't quite sit right with me.

[GullFoss]

About 9000 votes left between sharp and farkas. Sharp needs to flip 800 of them in a race where 180,000 votes have already been counted between the two of them.

Her likelihood of flipping this is sub-5% at this point.

[curves2000]

Originally Posted by GullFoss

About 9000 votes left between sharp and farkas. Sharp needs to flip 800 of them in a race where 180,000 votes have already been counted between the two of them.

Her likelihood of flipping this is sub-5% at this point.

Which site are you using for the most up to date?

[GullFoss]

https://www.electionscalgary.ca/resu...-mayor-results

[GullFoss]

About 2000 votes left between sharp and farkas. Sharp needs to flip 800 of them in a race where 180,000 votes have already been counted between the two of them.

Her likelihood of flipping this is sub-2% at this point.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Looks like Farkas will hang on with all polls reporting and about a 600 vote lead. But we'll see if Bustits tries to pull some underhanded #### to get Sharp over the line.

[Fuzz]

I guess we will finally see if Mr Lahey had it wrong, and that a #### leopard can change it's spots. I'm not convinced.