G’morning!

In case you missed it, @TimHoustonNS and the Progressive Conservatives (@nspc) will form a majority in Nova Scotia.

I’ll break down all the results, including reaction from the leaders, throughout the morning from 6-10 on Global News Morning.

#nspoli
Here are the ridings that flipped from red to blue.

- Antigonish
- Guysborough-Tracadie
- Eastern Shore
- Chester-St. Margaret's
- Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank
- Lunenburg
- Lunenburg West
- Glace Bay-Dominion (Liberal finishing third)
- Kings West
- Hants West
- Digby Annapolis
- Colchester North
The Liberals also lost their seat in Richmond and are currently losing in Halifax Citadel-Sable Island to the NDP's @LisaLachanceNDP. Vote counting in that riding was suspended last night and will pick up again today at 10 a.m.
Other notable wins include:

- Independent and former PC Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin in Cumberland North
- Liberal Angela Simmonds in Preston
- Patricia Arab in Fairview-Clayton Park (winning by a narrow margin)
- NDP's Kendra Coombes in Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier
Also, the three main party leaders all won back their seats.
@ColtonLeBlancNS won by the largest margin of victory, earning 82.3% of the vote in Argyle.

The tightest race was in Glace Bay-Dominion (the John, John, John John riding ha ha) with the PC's John White defeating the NDP's John Morgan by 33 votes.
Vote counts in the following districts are not yet complete:

• Argyle
• Cumberland North
• Dartmouth South
• Halifax-Atlantic
• Halifax-Chebucto
• Halifax-Citadel-Sable Island

However, Halifax-Citadel-Sable Island is the only one yet to be called.

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The polls are now closed!

We'll have everything you need to know as the results start coming in, both on air and online. You can follow along here:

#nspoli #DecisionNS #NSElection @globalhalifax
globalnews.ca/news/8103639/n…
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