Fewer than 50 per cent of Ottawa voters cast ballot in provincial election
Fewer than 50 per cent of voters in all eight Ottawa ridings cast a ballot in Thursday's Ontario election.
Voter turnout across Ontario was 43.03 per cent.
In Ottawa, 355,870 eligible voters cast a ballot in the eight ridings in the provincial election. Preliminary statistics show the voter turnout in Ottawa was 45 per cent.
All ridings saw a double-digit drop in voter turnout in the election compared to the 2018 election.
Ottawa Centre had the highest voter turnout at 49.5 per cent, followed by Kanata-Carleton at 49.4 per cent and Carleton at 49.1 per cent.
Ottawa-Vanier had the lowest voter turnout in Ottawa at 37.2 per cent, down from 51.47 per cent in 2018.
Here is a look at the voter turnout in Ottawa ridings (2018 voter turnout in parenthesis)
- Carleton – 49.1 per cent (62 per cent)
- Kanata-Carleton – 49.4 per cent (63.32 per cent)
- Nepean - 40.4 per cent (58.73 per cent)
- Orleans – 46.2 per cent (62.77 per cent)
- Ottawa Centre – 49.5 per cent (61.2 per cent)
- Ottawa South 42.2 per cent (56.92 per cent)
- Ottawa Vanier – 37.2 per cent (51.47 per cent)
- Ottawa West-Nepean 46.4 per cent (57.04 per cent)
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