*Unofficial poll results are indicating a UCP majority government in Alberta.* 

The UCP started off with a solid lead as the polls began reporting in following their 8 pm closing, and it continued throughout the night.

Before 9 pm, the UCP was leading in 61 out of 87 ridings, with more than 200,000 of the votes counted, which lead experts to declare a sweeping majority victory for the two-year-old UCP party. 

The NDP is the first government in Alberta's history that failed to win re-election. 

NDP leader Rachel Notley has won her seat in Edmonton-Strathcona.

Alberta Party leader Stephen Mandel has lost his riding of Edmonton-McClung.

Official results will be made later on Wednesday, April 17th, as there are still 223,000 advanced votes that are yet to be counted, as they were collected during the advanced vote by people out of their riding. 

For more details on the election, you can go to elections.ab.ca. 

*Winning candidates will be bolded *

Results as of 7:00 am Wednesday, April 17th, with 7,149 polls out of 7,326 reporting. 

Seats in the legislature: 

UCP: 63 - majority government. 

NDP: 24 - official opposition. 

Alberta Party: 0

Alberta Liberta Party: 0

Other: 0

Lacombe-Ponoka- 81 out of 83 polls reporting:

First elected in 2015 as a member of the Wildrose Party, Ron Orr seeks re-election as a member of the United Conservative Party

Candidate Total Votes
 16,545 (71.1%)
 3,491 (15.0%)
 2,418 (10.4%)
 224 (1.0%)
 270 (1.2%)
 311 (1.3%)

 

Red Deer-North- 87 out of 89 polls reporting. 

Seeking her second term, Kim Schreiner first won in the 2015 provincial election.

Candidate Total Votes
 4,665 (23.1%)
 12,246 (60.7%)
 2,688 (13.3%)
 352 (1.7%)
 230 (1.1%)

 

Red Deer-South- 87 out of 90 polls reporting. 

Barb Miller is running for re-election after first winning in the 2015 provincial election.

Candidate Total Votes
 5,992 (25.9%)
 13,737 (59.3%)
 2,897 (12.5%)
 296 (1.3%)
 225 (1.0%)

 

Innisfail-Sylvan Lake- 84 out of 86 polls reporting. 

Winning by a landslide in a by-election in July of 2017 following the resignation of United Conservative MLA Don MacIntyre after being charged with sexual interference and sexual assault, rookie MLA Devin Dreeshen is seeking re-election.

Candidate Total Votes
 17,424 (74.3%)
 3,192 (13.6%)
 2,185 (9.3%)
 330 (1.4%)
  • Lauren Thorsteinson, Reform party of Alberta 
  78 (0.3%)
  • Brian Vanderkley, Alberta Advantage Party
  154 (0.7%)
  • Ed Wychopen, Independent 
  102 (0.4%)

 

Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House- Sundre- 81 out of 83 polls reporting. 

First elected in 2015 as a member of the Wildrose Party, Jason Nixon is now seeking re-election under the United Conservative Party banner.

Candidate Total Votes
 18,985 (81.7%)
 2,122 (9.1%)
 1,227 (5.3%)
 264 (1.1%)
 151 (0.6%)
 270 (1.2%)
  • Gordon Francey, Independent
  44 (0.2%)
  • David Rogers, Alberta Independence Party 
  172 (0.7%)

 

Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin- 67 out of 69 polls reporting. 

First elected in 2015 in the then called district of Wetaskiwin-Camrose, Bruce Hinkley is seeking re-election in what is now known as the district of Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin.

Candidate Total Votes
 4,200 (24.4%)
 10,898 (63.3%)
 1,170 (6.8%)
 466 (2.7%)
  • Desmond G. Bull, Alberta Green Party
  239 (1.4%)
  • Wesley Rea, Alberta Advantage Party
  233 (1.4%)

 

 Drumheller-Stettler- 99 out of 102 polls reporting. 

Rick Strankman was the UCP MLA for Drumheller-Stettler, but lost the nomination for the riding to challenger Nate Horner in September 2018. He left the party a few months later and currently sits as an Independent.

Candidate Total Votes
 1, 809 (8.4%)
 16,599 (76.9%)
 222 (1.0%)
 166 (0.8%)
 1,393 (6.5%)
  • Holly Heffernan, New Democratic Party
  1,406 (6.5%)

 

Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills- 92 out of 94 polls reporting. 

Former Wildrose Party member Nathan Cooper is the incumbent in the Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills riding, who now sits as a member of the UCP.

Candidate Total Votes 
 1,630 (6.7%)
 19,104 (78.8%)
 179 (0.7%)
 2,824 (11.6%)
  • Allen MacLennan, Freedom Conservative Party
  519 (2.1%)