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It was too close to call all evening, and at the end of the night it was a dead heat in Calgary-Glenmore.

With 94 polls counted, NDP candidate Anam Kazim and Progressive Conservative incumbent Linda Johnson both had 7,015 votes, according to Elections Alberta’s unofficial results.

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With the two candidates tied, Elections Alberta will conduct an official recount of all the ballots today.

If the outcome is still a tie, the next step would be to request a judicial review under the Alberta Election Act, in which a judge would examine rejected and spoiled ballots in an attempt to choose a winner.

If a judicial review fails to resolve the matter, the constituency would be declared vacant and a byelection would have to be called.

Kazim rode a wave of NDP popularity.

“People definitely have been hoping for a change. They believed in our leader. They believed in our values,” said Kazim. “They knew that this new change will definitely bring positivity to the province and it will bring more successes and prosperity to the province.”