A quick look at Ontario election results
Tonight Ontario elected a new premier after the Liberal Party defeated the governing Conservative Party. The Liberal Party is now going to form a majority government.
From 103 Ontario parliament seats available, 72 went to the Liberals, 24 to the Conservatives and 7 to the New Democratic Party (NDP).
The percentage of the popular votes for the candidates of these three parties was: 46% Liberal, 35% Conservatives, 15% the NDP, 3% Green party and the rest went to other smaller parties and independent candidates.
In short, it can be said that 46% of Ontarians who voted Liberals will have about 70% representation in the provincial parliament (72 MPPs or "Members of Provincial Parliament" elected), 35% of Ontarians who voted Conservatives, will be represented by 23% of the elected MPPs (24 MPPs elected), 15% of Ontarians will be represented by under 7% (7 MPPs) of the total MPPs while other 4% will not have any representation in the provincial parliament.
Even worse than this happened a few days ago in the elections of the province of Prince Edward Island (PEI), where 54% of the vote generated 85% of the seats in the parliament for the Conservatives, 43% of the vote resulted in only 15% of the seats for the Liberals and 3% of the NDP voters left with no representative in the parliament.
There are many factors why some parties succeed in the elections that include the amount of media coverage that they receive and how they receive it, as well as money factor donated by the big businesses and other factors involved that are not being discussed here. In my opinion, the victim of all these factors are the NDP and other left leaning parties, however whatever the factors are and why they are there, one thing is for sure; this system is not truly democratic and many people are left out without proper representation in the parliament.
Update:
I just learned that voter turn out in this election was only 52%. Although I myself did vote, perhaps this low turn out would mean fewer people have confidence in so-called democracy that is bragged about all the time.
From 103 Ontario parliament seats available, 72 went to the Liberals, 24 to the Conservatives and 7 to the New Democratic Party (NDP).
The percentage of the popular votes for the candidates of these three parties was: 46% Liberal, 35% Conservatives, 15% the NDP, 3% Green party and the rest went to other smaller parties and independent candidates.
In short, it can be said that 46% of Ontarians who voted Liberals will have about 70% representation in the provincial parliament (72 MPPs or "Members of Provincial Parliament" elected), 35% of Ontarians who voted Conservatives, will be represented by 23% of the elected MPPs (24 MPPs elected), 15% of Ontarians will be represented by under 7% (7 MPPs) of the total MPPs while other 4% will not have any representation in the provincial parliament.
Even worse than this happened a few days ago in the elections of the province of Prince Edward Island (PEI), where 54% of the vote generated 85% of the seats in the parliament for the Conservatives, 43% of the vote resulted in only 15% of the seats for the Liberals and 3% of the NDP voters left with no representative in the parliament.
There are many factors why some parties succeed in the elections that include the amount of media coverage that they receive and how they receive it, as well as money factor donated by the big businesses and other factors involved that are not being discussed here. In my opinion, the victim of all these factors are the NDP and other left leaning parties, however whatever the factors are and why they are there, one thing is for sure; this system is not truly democratic and many people are left out without proper representation in the parliament.
Update:
I just learned that voter turn out in this election was only 52%. Although I myself did vote, perhaps this low turn out would mean fewer people have confidence in so-called democracy that is bragged about all the time.
posted by Faramin | 11:34 p.m.
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