Darshan Kang

Darshan Kang spoke at a Liberal Party of Canada rally for the 2008 federal election

Darshan Kang is a current provincial level politician and serves as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary McCall. Prior to his political career he was a welder and a real estate agent.

Political career

Kang ran for office for the first time in Calgary McCall in the 2004 Alberta general election He was defeated in a hotly contested race by incumbent Shiraz Shariff.

Darshan Kang (third from right) attends a news conference with Kevin Taft (third from left) in Calgary, as part of the 2008 provincial election campaign.

Kang won his second bid for office in the 2008 Alberta general election. The election was a virtual rematch of 2004 with almost all candidates being the same. Kang defeated Shariff by 98 votes after returns in the advanced polls showed he had won overwhelming victories. Kang's numbers increased upon the official recount to 118 votes.^[1] Shiraz Shariff and the Progressive Conservatives have challenged the vote in court claiming that the results of the advanced polling and special ballots was tainted.^[2] The challenge was not successful.

Election results

2008 general election

2008 Alberta general election results[3]			Turnout 31.6%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Darshan Kang	4,279	44.4%
	Progressive Conservative	Shiraz Shariff	4,161	43.2%
	Wildrose Alliance	Ina Given	542	5.6%
	Green	Sean Brocklesby	385	4.00%
	NDP	Preet Sihota	275	2.9%
Total			9,642	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			68
30,669 Names on List of Electors

2004 general election

2004 Alberta general election results[4]			Turnout 33.96%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Shiraz Shariff	3,195	43.60%
	Liberal	Darshan Kang	2,891	39.45%
	Alberta Alliance	Ina Given	576	7.86%
	Green	Sean Brocklesby	338	4.61%
	NDP	Preet Sihota	328	4.48%
Total			7,328	100%
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined			86
21,831 Eligible Electors

References

1. ^ Renata D'Aliesio (March 8, 2008). "It's official: Liberal wins cliffhanger in McCall". Calgary Herald. http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=01687b9d-3e8e-462a-8cc6-1652c1909b2f. 
2. ^ "Defeated Calgary-McCall candidate claims election tainted". CBC News. March 11, 2008. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2008/03/11/mccall-court.html. Retrieved 2008-03-13. 
3. ^ "Calgary-McCall Statement of Official Results 2008 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Reports/Part8.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-26. 
4. ^ "Calgary-McCall Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election". Elections Alberta. http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Statements/16.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-08. 

Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Preceded by Shiraz Shariff	MLA Calgary McCall 2008-present	Succeeded by Incumbent

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