Canada’s liberals, led by outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, won Monday’s early legislative elections, but failed to achieve the majority they wanted.

Trudeau called in mid-August to hold early elections in an attempt to regain the majority he lost two years ago.

But the call did not come to fruition, and the results were almost the same as those he obtained two years ago, the Associated Press reported.

On Tuesday, the US agency reported that Trudeau’s party won 156 seats in the House of Commons, one less than it won in 2019.

Any party that wants to win a majority of seats in Parliament must secure at least 170 seats in the House of Commons, but this result is certain to secure a third term for Justin Trudeau.

Trudeau entered Monday’s elections, leading a stable minority government that is not threatened with overthrow, but he hoped that Canadians would reward him with a majority, because of his ability to weather the Corona pandemic better than other presidents.

But many Canadians saw this election as “unnecessary,” which may explain why he didn’t get results that differed significantly from those his party got two years ago.

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