Office of the Chief Electoral Officer
November 24, 2015

Number of Voters in the Advance Poll

Over 21,000 voters cast ballots in yesterday's advance polls for Newfoundland and Labrador's 2015 provincial election. The preliminary number of advance poll voters in each of the 40 provincial electoral districts is as follows:

Electoral District:

Number of Advance Polls in District:

Eligible Voters:

Total Votes Cast:

1

Baie Verte - Green Bay

4

9,982

397

2

Bonavista

4

9,193

280

3

Burgeo - La Poile

2

7,178

184

4

Burin - Grand Bank

4

9,315

297

5

Cape St. Francis

3

8,592

697

6

Carbonear - Trinity - Bay de Verde

5

11,880

452

7

Cartwright - L'Anse au Clair

3

3,063

177

8

Conception Bay East - Bell Island

4

10,544

844

9

Conception Bay South

4

8,986

849

10

Corner Brook

4

10,395

606

11

Exploits

4

9,422

637

12

Ferryland

4

9,957

559

13

Fogo Island - Cape Freels

6

10,438

229

14

Fortune Bay - Cape La Hune

2

5,516

262

15

Gander

3

9,840

596

16

Grand Falls-Windsor - Buchans

5

8,962

627

17

Harbour Grace - Port de Grave

3

10,587

789

18

Harbour Main

4

10,153

593

19

Humber - Bay of Islands

2

10,403

322

20

Humber - Gros Morne

4

9,356

625

21

Labrador West

2

6,189

315

22

Lake Melville

3

6,192

324

23

Lewisporte - Twillingate

2

10,334

369

24

Mount Pearl North

3

9,607

933

25

Mount Pearl - Southlands

3

9,542

704

26

Mount Scio

3

8,615

578

27

Placentia - St. Mary's

7

9,296

551

28

Placentia West - Bellevue

4

9,682

301

29

St. Barbe - L'Anse aux Meadows

4

9,268

210

30

St. George's - Humber

4

9,394

406

31

St. John's Centre

3

9,685

770

32

St. John's East - Quidi Vidi

3

10,427

749

33

St. John's West

3

9,150

866

34

Stephenville - Port au Port

3

9,825

552

35

Terra Nova

2

9,882

445

36

Topsail - Paradise

3

10,072

886

37

Torngat Mountains

3

2,129

41

38

Virginia Waters - Pleasantville

3

9,926

869

39

Waterford Valley

3

9,871

626

40

Windsor Lake

3

9,126

889

TOTAL:

138

361,974

21,406

In the 2011 provincial general election, 15,199 votes were cast at the advance polls which was over double the 7,533 votes that were counted for the 2007 advance polls.

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Media contact:

Adrienne Luther
Communications and Training Manager
Elections Newfoundland and Labrador
Office of the Chief Electoral Officer
709-729-1474, 687-4217
adrienneluther@gov.nl.ca

2015 11 24                              11:00 a.m.