Several Prairie ridings will be among those being watched closely tonight as voters make their choice in the federal election.
Manitoba's Elmwood-Transcona riding was held for two decades by New Democrat Bill Blaikie before he retired in 2008, and this election will see his son Daniel try to win back the seat from Conservative Lawrence Toet.
The NDP is expecting to do well in two new urban Saskatchewan ridings -- Saskatoon West and Regina Lewvan -- where polling has shown them with an edge over the Conservatives.
In Alberta, Brent Rathgeber is running as an independent in the St. Albert-Edmonton riding after quitting the Conservatives because of what he said was too much PMO control.
