[Looch City]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

Does anyone know what voter turnout was in this election (by percent of eligible voters)? I am really curious.

There was some talk that running a negative campaign increases voter apathy and decreases turnout. It was mentioned a while back that lower turnouts tend to favour the Conservatives.

Trudeau more or less, tried to run a positive campaign ("Canada Can Always Do Better"). Not that there wasn't also the "sick of Harper" angle, but it wasn't the driving force IMO.

Preliminary numbers say 68%.

According to preliminary figures from Elections Canada, more than 68 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot, or about 17,546,697 registered electors. That's a big jump from the last federal election, when just more than 61 per cent of Canadians voted.

The figures, which do not include Canadians who registered on election day, show that Prince Edward Island had the highest voter turnout at 77.4 per cent, with Yukon (76 per cent) and New Brunswick (74.6 per cent) close behind. In Newfoundland and Labrador, only 61.5 per cent cast ballots, with Nunavut (62 per cent) and Northwest Territories (64.4 per cent) also drawing fewer voters to the polls.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cana...nout-1.3278838