Early data from the Ontario Election show that the 2022 provincial election had the worst turnout in history.
As of Friday morning, the Elections Ontario website said only 4.6 million of the 10.7 million eligible voters had chosen to vote in Thursday’s election.
That’s about 43 percent of eligible voters.
Read more: Ontario Elections 2022 – Preliminary Early Election Data Published
The Ontario election has pulled 98.98 percent of opinion polls so far – 7,990 polling stations out of 8,072.
By comparison, the 2018 provincial elections had 57% turnout, which was the highest turnout in more than a decade at the time.
Other recent provincial elections showed 48% to 66% turnout.
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However, 1,066,545 votes were cast in the 10-day pre-election period this year, representing about 9.92 per cent of eligible voters.
Preliminary voting has increased from five days to 10 days, generating about a quarter of the total number of ballots cast.
Doug Ford won a second majority on Thursday night. His Progressive Conservative Party won 83 seats. The NDP won 31 seats, the Liberals won eight seats, the Greens won one seat and one went to the Independent.
Voter turnout has never been so low in Ontario history:
43.03% or 4.6 million of the 10.7 million eligible voters chose to vote in last night’s election. https://t.co/oAQ30m0JiI#onpoli
– Colin D’Melo Global News (@ColinDMello) June 3, 2022
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