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Reports of robocalls have cropped up in federal electoral ridings from coast to coast, with the Liberals and New Democratic Party racking up quite the tally. To measure the significance of these alleged robocalls, the Post’s Sarah Boesveld, Tristin Hopper and Kathryn Blaze Carlson dug up Elections Canada’s official voting results and tales of suspicious phone calls from the affected ridings. The reports are largely gleaned from Liberal and NDP lists, which are being constantly updated (and are offered up with varying degrees of certainty). The Liberals specified live calls and robocalls, the NDP did not. Below, the 57 ridings with reported robocalls.

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Guelph, ON (NDP, Liberal lists, robocalls and live calls)

Liberal – Frank Valeriote – 25,588 – 43.4%

Conservative – Marty Burke – 19,352 – 32.8%

NDP – Bobbi Stewart – 9,880 – 16.7%

Guelph is the nerve centre of the Elections Canada investigation into harassing or deceptive phone calls made in an apparent effort to discourage Liberal supporters from voting. In a Liberal riding the Conservatives wanted to paint blue, voters said they received recorded calls that were purported to be from Elections Canada, telling them their polling stations had moved. A chaotic scene ensued at one polling station, which might have led to voters failing to cast a ballot. Michael Sona, a 23-year-old Conservative staffer who worked for candidate Mr. Burke in the Guelph riding resigned Friday in the face of the “robocalls” probe. On Tuesday, it was revealed that Elections Canada’s investigation into the “robocalls” squared on a Conservative party campaign in Guelph.