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Look at the seat count in Thursday’s Ontario election, and it would seem like anything but a squeaker, with the Liberals ahead of the second-place Conservatives by something close to 20 ridings late in the evening.

The popular vote tells a different story, however, with Dalton McGuinty’s Liberals just a couple of percentage points on top of the Tories — about 37% to 35%.It was the third time in the past few days that provincial election results have produced a gaping divide between the popular vote and seat results, leading to renewed calls for electoral reform in Canada.

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In Tuesday’s Manitoba election, the NDP trounced the Conservatives 37 to 19, even though just 1.6 percentage points separated them in the popular vote.

It was a similar story in Prince Edward Island’s vote on Monday. The Tories captured just five seats, though they won 40% of the popular vote. The Liberals snagged 22 seats, with 50% of the islanders’ ballots.