Overview
- Unofficial results list Jeromy Farkas at 91,065 votes to Sonya Sharp’s 90,480 in Calgary, a difference of 585 votes, with incumbent Jyoti Gondek conceding.
- The margin is about 0.17% of 348,626 ballots, meeting the 0.5% threshold that allows Sharp to request a recount under provincial law.
- Edmonton’s tally lags Calgary’s, and Global News projects Andrew Knack as the next mayor after Tim Cartmell conceded, with official results still being finalized.
- Bill 20 banned electronic tabulators and required hand-counting, contributing to slower reporting across the province and lengthy polling-day delays.
- Voters faced long lines as workers checked a new permanent electors register, a process compounded by fewer mailed voter information cards due to the Canada Post strike, and final official tallies are due by noon on Oct. 24.