Toronto, Oct. 22 -- Justin Trudeau won a second term as Canada's prime minister in an election seen as a referendum on the Liberal leader and his four-year-old government after a series of scandals.

After polls closed, Canadian broadcasters declared a Liberal minority government, which means Trudeau will have to work with other parties in order to govern.

"You did it, my friends. Congratulations," Trudeau, 47, told supporters in Montreal early on Tuesday. "From coast to coast to coast, tonight Canadians rejected division and negativity. They rejected cuts and austerity, and they voted in favour of a progressive agenda and strong action on climate change."

As of 11:30pm EST on Monday (03:30 GMT Tuesday), the Liberals had won 158 seats, ...