Prasad Panda

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2023 Alberta general election: Calgary-Edgemont
Prasad Panda
ECA
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Panda in 2015
Minister of Transportation
In office
June 21, 2022 October 24, 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Julia Hayter 11,68149.30+15.27
United Conservative Prasad Panda 11,39748.10-4.75
Alberta Party Allen Schultz4882.06-8.82
Wildrose Loyalty Coalition Nan Barron660.28
Solidarity Movement Miles Williams640.27
Total23,69699.23
Rejected and declined1840.77
Turnout23,88065.75
Eligible voters36,322
New Democratic gain from United Conservative Swing +10.01
Source(s)
2019 Alberta general election : Calgary-Edgemont
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
United Conservative Prasad Panda 13,30852.84-3.19$60,021
New Democratic Julia Hayter 8,57034.03+0.53$40,725
Alberta Party Joanne Gui2,74010.88+9.12$39,339
Liberal Graeme Maitland3051.21-5.15$500
Green Carl Svoboda1550.62-1.57$500
Alberta Independence Tomasz Kochanowicz1060.42$852
Total25,18498.83
Rejected, spoiled and declined2991.17
Turnout25,48370.11
Eligible voters 36,346
United Conservative notional hold Swing -1.86
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta [12] [13] [14]
Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.

Calgary-Foothills

Alberta provincial by-election, September 3, 2015: Calgary-Foothills
Voiding of general election results due to Jim Prentice disclaiming his seat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Wildrose Prasad Panda4,87738.35+20.24
New Democratic Bob Hawkesworth 3,27025.71-6.65
Progressive Conservative Blair Houston2,74621.59-18.74
Liberal Ali Bin Zahid7916.22-0.94
Alberta Party Mark Taylor6104.80+4.80
Green Janet Keeping 3772.96+0.92
Independent Antoni Grochowski460.36
Total valid votes 12,717
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
Turnout39.48
Eligible voters32,212
Wildrose gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +19.49

Calgary-Northern Hills

2015 Alberta general election : Calgary-Northern Hills
PartyCandidateVotes%
New Democratic Jamie Kleinsteuber 6,64138.2
Progressive Conservative Teresa Woo-Paw 5,34330.7
Wildrose Prasad Panda 4,39225.3
Liberal Harry Lin1,0005.8
Total valid votes17,376100.0
Rejected, spoiled and declined160
Turnout17,53646.1
Eligible voters38,004
Source: Elections Alberta [15]
2012 Alberta general election : Calgary-Northern Hills
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Teresa Woo-Paw 6,14449.02%
Wildrose Prasad Panda4,63737.00%
Liberal Kirstin Morrell1,0588.44%
New Democratic Stephanie Westlund6945.54%
Alberta provincial government of Jason Kenney
Cabinet post (1)
PredecessorOfficeSuccessor
Sandra Jansen Minister of Infrastructure
April 30, 2019
Incumbent

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