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How did your Northern neighbour vote in 2011?

A CBC News analysis of the voting results of each of the 231 voting stations across Canada's North during the 2011 federal election reveals regional differences in vote distributions within the territories.

Map of vote distribution reveals regional differences

A CBC News analysis of the votingresults of each of the 231 voting stations across Canada's North during the 2011 federal electionreveals regional differences invote distributions within the territories.(The map does not take into account mobile station or mail-in ballotresults.)

Yukon

Conservative RyanLeefnarrowlywon Yukon's seat in 2011, with 33.8 per cent of the vote compared to LiberalLarryBagnell's32.9.

Yukon's map of the 2011 vote is the most colourful of the three territories.

"Yukon appears to be a real mishmash, and I think that's reflective of the fact that all three parties have held that seat over the last 15 years," says Curtis Brown, vice-president of Winnipeg-based Probe Research.

Liberal support was strongest in Whitehorse, with the Grits winning 60 per cent of urban polling stations.

There was alsostrong support for the Green Party in Yukon, where the party captured 18.9 per cent of total votes a figure much higher than the 7.7 per cent of votes achieved by the party in BritishColumbia, where the party leader, Elizabeth May, sits as the MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands.

The Green Partywon threepolls in and around Whitehorse. Candidate JohnStreickerwas later elected to Whitehorse city council in 2012.

The NDP won thePellyCrossing,Carmacks, UpperLiard, Ross River andCarcrosspolls.

N.W.T.

In 2011, N.W.T. re-elected NDP Candidate DennisBevington.His partydominated at polling stations inthe south of the territory, with the northern polls voting mostly Liberal or Conservative, and theTlichocommunities votingstronglyLiberal.

The NDP won all the polls in Yellowknife with the exception of two neighbourhoods that went to the Conservativesoneof which wasConservative candidate Sandy Lee's former territorial constituency of Range Lake.

Nunavut

Nunavutwas a nearly solid mass of Conservative blue, withLeonaAglukkaq'ssupport strongest inGjoaHaven,Taloyoakand Coral Harbour, communities where more than 80 per cent of the votes went to the Conservatives.

There weretwocommunitiesthat bucked the trend:ClydeRiver andGriseFiord bothwentfor theLiberals' Paul Okalik.

Curtis Brown says more than in any other part of Canada, voter turnout is the key to victory in the North.

"In any of the northern seats, the turnouts tend to be lower and really it's all about getting out the vote, which is difficult to do since candidates have to cover such huge distances."

Correction

An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that Iqaluit voted for the Liberals in 2011. In fact, one Iqaluit polling station went to the Liberals while a second went to the Conservatives, with the Conservatives winning the capital with 36 per cent of the vote to the Liberal's 33 per cent.