Election In Canada

In a recent election held in October 2015 the Liberal party,led by Justin Trudeau,gained a clear majority in the 338-member House.The party has won 185 seats, the Conservative,the outgoing ruling party, 100 and the NDP , which is the main opposition party in the incumbent Government, is placed third with 42 sets. 19 Canadians of Indian origin are elected to the Canadian parliament. this is the highest ever presence of MPs with Indian roots in the House of commons in Canada.As many as 17 are of Punjabi origin. In 2011,only eight Indian-origin MPs were elected to the house of Commons,all of who were Punjabis. The role of Punjabis is important as it helped the Liberals go past the 170 mark needed for a simple majority. Among the prominent Punjabi winners are Navdeep Bains,Harjit Sajjan,Deepak Obnrai and Sukh Dhaliwal. Navdeep Bains and Sukh Dhaliwal  had the elections last time but won this time. Four Punjabi women-Sonia Sidhu,Kamal Khera,Anju Dhillon and Ruby Sahota have also been elected