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As of 9:42 p.m., incumbent Conservative candidate Blaine Calkins was leading Ponoka—Didsbury riding with 35,001 votes (82.4 per cent) and 165 of 216 of the polling stations reporting. It is projected that Calkins will win the riding.
Polls closed at 7:30 p.m., and preliminary results will be updated throughout the evening.
A little before 8:30 (MST), The Canadian Press decision desk projects that the Liberal Party of Canada under Mark Carney will form the next government.
"Whether that's a minority or majority government is still to be seen," the Canadian press noted.
Local ongoing coverage is continuing.
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The Ponoka–Didsbury riding includes:
- the City of Lacombe;
- the towns of Bentley, Blackfalds, Bowden, Didsbury, Eckville, Innisfail, Olds, Ponoka, Rimbey and Sylvan Lake;
- the villages of Alix and Clive;
- the summer villages of Birchcliff, Gull Lake, Half Moon Bay, Jarvis Bay, Norglenwold, Parkland Beach and Sunbreaker Cove;
- Lacombe County;
- part of Mountain View County (northerly and easterly of a defined line);
- Ponoka County (except for a small excluded section);
- part of Red Deer County (southerly and westerly of a defined line).
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