A large majority of Ontarians did not head to the polls Thursday to cast their votes, leading to the lowest turnout the province has ever seen.
Unofficial results from Elections Ontario show about 43 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots on election day, down from 57 percent in 2018.
This means of the over 10.7 million registered voters, just over 4.6 million placed their votes to choose the party they want to lead the province.
Official tabulation has not been completed, but Elections Ontario confirmed Friday that turnout was the lowest on record.
The last time the province saw a turnout below 50 percent was in 2011, when just 48 percent of Ontarians 18 years and older placed a vote, seeing Dalton McGuinty’s Liberal Party win a minority government at the time….
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