The party contested in 343 seats in the crucial federal elections.

Following the poor show, Singh wrote on X: "I am disappointed that we could not win more seats."

"But I am not disappointed in our movement. I am hopeful for our Party. I KNOW that we will always choose hope over fear," he said.

Burnaby Central lost

Singh received a jolt since he is on the verge of being defeated in the Burnaby Central seat, where he is likely to finish third.

Speaking on his defeat, he said: "It's been the honour of my life to lead the NDP, and to represent the people of Burnaby Central."

With 198 of 200 polls reporting, Wade Chang, of the Liberal Party, is projected to win in Burnaby Central. As of 4:39 a.m., Chang has 21,136 of 50,171 votes (42.13%), reported Toronto Star.

James Yan, of the Conservative Party, is in second place with 19,436 votes (38.74%) and incumbent Jagmeet Singh, of the New Democratic Party, is in third with 9,104 votes (18.15%), the newspaper reported.

In the previous polls, NDP had secured 24 seats.

Khalistan factor

Singh's defeat is seen as a major defeat for the Khalistani outfits in Canada, whose disruptive activities saw a spike in recent times.

Singh has been a vocal supporter of Khalistani politics.

His views were often aligned with the objectives of the Khalistani movement which seeks to establish a separate Sikh state curved out of India.

Mike Carney returning to power

Canada's Liberal Party, led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, is now on course to win the federal election and form the government for the fourth consecutive term, a rare event in the country's politics.

In Canada, a party needs to get 172 seats to form a majority in the Parliament.

The Liberals are now ahead in 156 seats out of the 343 seats in the Parliament.

Canada witnessed a political change in leadership earlier this year when former PM Justin Trudeau resigned from the top position, paving the way for Carney to take charge of the country.

The key opposition Conservative Party, led by longtime parliamentarian Pierre Poilievre, was emerging as favourites to win the polls after Justin Trudeau stepped down, and is currently leading in 147 seats, clearly losing the chance to return to power.

Poilievre has conceded defeat.

The Bloc Quebecois, which only has candidates in Quebec, is ahead in 25 seats while The Greens are marching to win 2.

(With inputs from IBNS)