Early results suggest tight race in pivotal Canadian election

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Early results suggest a close contest in Canada's election where the Liberal Party's Mark Carney and Conservative Pierre Poilievre are vying to form a government and be the next prime minister.

The latest projections show the Liberals have 21 seats so far, and the Conservatives eight. A party needs 172 to secure a majority in the House of Commons.

Polls have closed in most of the country, with the final polls closing at 22:00 EDT (03:00 BST) in British Columbia.

The pivotal election comes just six weeks after Mark Carney was sworn in as PM, replacing his party colleague Justin Trudeau.

How to respond to US President Donald Trump has been the defining issue of the campaign, and he weighed in earlier, repeating his calls for the nation to become the 51st US state.

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