India, April 29 -- Indo-Canadian leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP), Jagmeet Singh, announced his intent to resign from his post on a night that also saw him lose his own riding of Burnaby Central in British Columbia.

The loss marked a remarkable fall in political stature for Singh who won a convincing victory in 2017 to begin his tenure as NDP leader.

The electoral result was a terrible outcome for Singh personally, as he finished third in the constituency with less than 19% of the vote share, trailing both the Liberal Party's Wade Chang and the Conservative Party's James Yan, each of whom were thousands of ballots ahead of him.

He also led his party to a devastating defeat, with the NDP on track to win just seven seats-losing 1...