October 11 was a historic night as Newfoundland and Labrador elected its first female premier, Conservative Kathy Dunderdale, and the Rock got a taste of the NDP went from a mere one seat in the House of Assembly to one seat shy of becoming the official Opposition.
Global News has broken down the vote by riding, showing which races were neck-and-neck and which parties saw landslide victories or losses.
Based on Elections Newfoundland results, the victorious conservatives took four ridings with more than 70 per cent of the vote: Ferryland (72.20%), Mount Pearl North (73.30%), Carbonear-Harbour Grace (76.30%) and Humber East (78.30%).
Premier Dunderdale led the Progressive Conservatives to gain 56.1 per cent of the vote, but only won 60 per cent in her own Virginia Waters district.
In the 2007 provincial election, under former Premier Danny Williams, Dunderdale took 73 per cent of the vote in her race.
By comparison, 65.30 per cent of ballots cast in Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi went to NDP leader Lorraine Michael.
The so-called orange wave the swept the country in the May Federal election, seemed to have an the province.
But as seen on the map, the NDP’s surge to 24.6 per cent of the vote, up from slightly less than nine per cent in 2007, is largely concentrated in eastern Newfoundland and southern Labrador.
The Liberal Party fought a number of close races or maintained a health lead in the six riding is won to become the official Opposition.
The map below shows the Grits strength in western Newfoundland and Labrador, where the party had one riding (Cartwright-L’Anse au Clair) with more than 70 per cent of the vote.
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