2011 Ontario general election

2011 Ontario general election

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107 seats in the 40th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 54 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	48.2% (4.6pp)[1]
First party Second party Third party   Leader Dalton McGuinty Tim Hudak Andrea Horwath Party Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democratic Leader since December 1, 1996 June 27, 2009 March 7, 2009 Leader's seat Ottawa South Niagara West—Glanbrook Hamilton Centre Last election 71 seats, 42.25% 26 seats, 31.62% 10 seats, 16.76% Seats before 70 25 10 Seats won 53 37 17 Seat change 17 12 7 Popular vote 1,625,102 1,530,076 981,508 Percentage 37.65% 35.45% 22.74% Swing 4.60pp 3.83pp 5.98pp
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 Dalton McGuinty Liberal Premier after election Dalton McGuinty Liberal

The 2011 Ontario general election was held on October 6, 2011, to elect members of the 40th Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The Ontario Liberal Party was elected to a minority government, with the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (PC Party) serving as the Official Opposition and the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) serving as the third party. In the final result, Premier McGuinty's party fell one seat short of winning a majority government.

Under amendments passed by the Legislature in December 2005, Ontario elections were now held on fixed dates, namely the first Thursday of October every four years.^[2] The writ of election was issued by Lieutenant Governor David Onley on September 7, 2011.

The election saw a then–record low voter turnout of 48.2%,^[1] only to be surpassed by the 2022 Ontario general election with 43.53%.