2014 Ontario general election

The Ontario general election of 2014 was on June 12, 2014, to elect the MPPs of the 41st Parliament of Ontario in the Ontario Legislative Assembly. The Ontario Liberal Party won a majority government of 56 seats, with Kathleen Wynne to continue as Premier of Ontario. This was the Liberals' fourth consecutive win since 2003. Tim Hudak lead the Progressive Conservatives' only to official opposition status again, due to this Hudak resigned as leader. The New Democrats under Andrea Horwath continued in third party status.

Ontario general election, 2014

June 12, 2014 (2014-06-12)
107 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario 54 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	51.3% (3.1pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Kathleen Wynne Tim Hudak Andrea Horwath Party Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democratic Leader since January 26, 2013 June 27, 2009 March 7, 2009 Leader's seat Don Valley West Niagara West—Glanbrook Hamilton Centre Last election 53 seats, 37.65% 37 seats, 35.45% 17 seats, 22.74% Seats before 48 37 21 Seats won 58 28 21 Seat change 10 9 Popular vote 1,862,907 1,506,267 1,144,576 Percentage 38.65% 31.25% 23.75% Swing 1.00pp 4.20pp 1.01pp
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Riding names are listed at the bottom.
Premier before election Kathleen Wynne Liberal Premier-designate Kathleen Wynne Liberal

The election had the lowest voter turnout record of 48.2%

2014 Ontario General Election Media

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  Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath

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  Number of seats held by party in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (2014).

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  Retention swing analysis between parties for the 2014 Ontario general election, compared to the results from the previous 2011 election.

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  Gallagher index for the results of the Ontario general election, 2014. There is significant distortion noted in the Liberal results.

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  Polling station in Toronto for the Ontario general election, 2014.

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  Evolution of voting intentions during the 2014 Ontario general election campaign. Dots represent results of individual polls. Lines connect successive polls by the same polling firm. Dashes on June 12 represent election results.

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  Evolution of voting intentions since the 40th Ontario general election on October 6, 2011. Points represent results of individual polls. Trend lines represent three-poll moving averages.

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  Support for Liberal Party candidates by riding