📌 The Canadian federal electoral district of Calgary East was contested during the 2008 Federal election which was held on October 13, 2008. 🏆 Deepak Obhrai, the Conservative candidate, won the riding with 21311 votes making up a 66.5% share of the vote. 🥈 The runner-up NDP-New Democratic Party candidate, Ian Vaughan, received 3768 votes (11.8%) and was therefore defeated by a vote margin of 17543. 📊 Other candidates who received a sizable share of the vote include Nathan David Coates - Green Party (10.6%), and Bernie Kennedy - Liberal (10.2%).