Canada Election Results 2025: Jagmeet Singh Concedes Defeat, To Step Down As NDP Leader
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Canada Elections 2025: Jagmeet Singh of the NDP, who has lent support to the Khalistan movement, conceded defeat as he was trailing by thousands of votes in Burnaby Central.
Canada Elections 2025: In a big blow to Khalistani movement, New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jagmeet Singh has announced that he will step down as party leader after conceding defeat in Burnaby Central in British Columbia, as poll data shows him trailing by thousands of votes to Liberal candidate Wade Chang.
He also congratulated Prime Minister Mark Carney on his election victory. 'I want to take a moment to congratulate Prime Minister Carney on his victory. He has an important job to do — to represent all Canadians and to protect our country and its sovereignty from the threats of Donald Trump," he said to a cheering crowd.
Singh acknowledged that it was a 'disappointing night for New Democrats" but said the party was 'only defeated when we stop fighting". He also called it the 'honour of my life" to serve as NDP leader.
Singh was trailing to Liberal candidate Chang and Conservative candidate James Yan by margins of more than 7,000 votes in one of the biggest upsets of this year's elections, CBC data showed.
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