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The election set a record for the lowest voter turnout in an Ontario provincial election, as only 43.53% of the people who were eligible voted. This broke the previous record for low turnout of 48.2% in the 2011 election. [2] A total of 4,701,959 votes were cast in this election.
The lowest voter turnout on record was in 2008, when eligible voter turnout fell to only 58.8% (44.1% of the total population). [citation needed] Eligible voter turnout in the 2011 federal election, at 61.1%, was the third lowest in Canadian history, but at 44.3% of the total population, the 12th lowest since women got the vote in 1918).
The election saw the third-lowest voter turnout in Ontario provincial elections, setting a then record for the lowest voter turnout with 52.8% of people who were eligible voted. This broke the previous record of 54.7% in the 1923 election, [1] but would end up being surpassed in the 2011 and 2022 elections.
The election saw a voter turnout of just 54.7%, the lowest voter turnout in Ontario history until the 2007 election. [2]The low election turn-out was in part caused by the worst wind, rain and lightning storm in years inundating the western part of the province. [3]
This year’s figure is down more than seven percentage points on the last election in 2019.
The midterm election turnout surge that began in 2018 kept going in 2022, and new data shows that it was concentrated in states Democrats won in 2020.. More than half of eligible voters — 52.2% ...
This article provides a summary of results for the general elections to the Canadian province of Ontario's unicameral legislative body, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The number of seats has varied over time, from 82 for the first election in 1867, to a high of 130 for 1987 , 1990 and 1995 elections.
The obvious big question to be answered ahead is whether the low turnout rates will continue into the Nov. 5 presidential election. The website’s report ends with wise counsel for us all: