Canada election sees record high advanced voting: official data [Video]

A record 7.3 million people cast ballots over four days of advanced voting in Canada’s election, official figures showed Tuesday, in a possible sign of elevated interest in the April 28 poll.

Elections Canada said its estimated tally for voting from Friday through Monday marked a 25 percent increase over the 5.8 million advanced ballots cast in the 2021 vote.

Canada, a country with a population of 41 million, has 28.9 million eligible voters, Elections Canada said in November.

There are further indications the election campaign dominated by threats from US President Donald Trump has galvanized voters, including unusually high ratings for two debates last week.

The Liberal Party leader, Prime Minister Mark Carney, is the front-runner, but some polls show Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party incrementally gaining ground.

As of Tuesday, the public broadcaster CBC’s poll aggregator gives the Liberals 43.1 percent support, with the Tories at 38.4. The Conservatives …