India, April 29 -- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will retain power in Ottawa, but even after trends from almost all ridings in the country were available late on Monday night, it was unclear whether he would be able to secure a majority.

Despite projections on the eve of the election predicting a majority for the ruling party, the two principal parties, the Liberals and the Conservatives, were within three percent in terms of vote share.

Carney made his electoral debut by easily winning the riding (as Canadian constituencies are called) of Nepean in Ontario by a large margin, capturing nearly two-thirds of the votes polled.

However, the results were not entirely going the way he may have hoped earlier in the day, with a majority ...