Calgary’s municipal election isn’t only being fought with pamphlets and roadside signs. Many candidates have employed Facebook, the popular social networking website, as a way to reach potential voters — especially young voters. We realize Facebook isn’t an accurate way of gauging a candidate’s popularity, but the numbers do show who’s been actively campaigning online and who hasn’t. One thing is clear: incumbents are getting walloped in the Facebook smackdown.

Here’s the breakdown as of Tuesday, October 9. (These numbers are taken from each campaign’s group — not the candidate’s number of personal friends, which is generally lower than the group number.)

MAYOR

Alnoor Kassam: 375 members

Jeremy Zhao: 362 members

Dave Bronconnier: 71 members

WARD 1

Jennifer Banks: 118 members

Dale Hodges: No group

Normand Perrault: No group

WARD 3

George Chahal: 431 members

Jim Stevenson: 87 members

Helene Larocque: 14 members

WARD 8

Lindsay Luhnau: 148 members

Steve Chapman: 81 members

John Mar: 27 members

Madeleine King: No group

WARD 11

Brian Pincott: 362 members

Evonne Whelan: 8 members

Jim Rockwell: no group