India, April 23 -- A record number of nearly 7.3 million Canadian citizens participated in early voting ahead of the April 28 federal election.

Advance polls were open from Friday, April 18, to Monday, April 21. "According to the preliminary figures, 7.3 million electors voted at the advance polls in this general election. This is a 25% increase from the 5.8 million electors who voted in advance in the 2021 general election," a release from Elections Canada noted.

It was also approximately 42% of the total turnout for the 2021 federal election, which was 17.2 million or about 63% of the electorate at the time.

The advance voting numbers may be higher as Elections Canada said the numbers released on Tuesday were an "estimate" and some p...