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Voters turned up at the ballot box at the lowest rate in more than a decade to participate in #elxn44vote, according to preliminary data from Elections Canada.

Across the country, turnout was at least 59 per cent.

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That 59 per cent turnout figure will change as @ElectionsCan_E verifies roughly a million mail-in ballots.

The agency will also be counting ballots by those who were not registered but showed up at a polling station. Both those totals are not yet known.
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Turnout in 2021 was lower than the previous two elections:

🗳️ 2019: 67% of registered voters cast a ballot;
🗳️ 2015: 68.3% of registered voters turned out at the polls.

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Voter turnout dropped significantly after the 1988 election. Before that, 75% of voters routinely cast a ballot. #cdnpoli

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NDP Leader @theJagmeetSingh told reporters Tuesday that he was troubled with the apparent lack of interest in #Elxn44, but blamed @JustinTrudeau for calling an election that put pressure on Elections Canada to scramble to make voting more accessible.

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“We know we did not meet all voters expectations in terms of accessibility to the vote, and that many voters in urban ridings waited patiently to cast their vote,” said Matthew McKenna, a spokesperson for Elections Canada in an e-mail.

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Elections Canada is still counting mail-in ballots across the country – a process that could see some of the 26 close races remain unresolved for days.

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