Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
2019 Alberta general election
Table title:
Results
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Party </th><th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Votes </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Seats </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > United Conservative </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1,040,004 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 54.9% </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2.9pp </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 63 / 87 (72%) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > New Democratic </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 619,147 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 32.7% </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 7.9pp </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 24 / 87 (28%) </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Alberta Party </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 171,996 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 9.1% </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 6.8pp </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0 / 87 (0%) </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
In the general election contest, who won 54.9% of the popular vote?
Answer:
In the general election contest, the United Conservative Party (UCP) won 54.9% of the popular vote and 63 seats, reduced New Democratic Party (NDP) to Opposition with 24 seats.