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This is going to be a very interesting election. I won't make any predictions here; with the sharp rise in Green and NDP support and fall in Liberal, Conservative, and Bloc support, all bets are off. Then there is all the organized and unorganized strategic voting, which doesn't show up on the radar until voting day.

For what it's worth, the election prediction project currently predicts 118 Con, 77 Lib, 29 NDP, 47 Bloc, 2 Independent, and 35 too close to call (including my riding).

Oct 13 update: the final pre-election prediction is 125 Con, 94 Lib, 36 NDP, 51 Bloc, 2 Independent, zero Green. If that is indeed the case, the Liberals and NDP could form a coalition government and keep Harper out of 24 Sussex.