Chatham-Kent saw a significant increase in voter turnout in the municipal election.
Online voters, Advance voters, and election day voters cast a total of 36,703 ballots in the election that saw Michael Bondy take the mayoral seat.
According to the municipality, this year had an all-time high in internet voting, with almost 16,000 people casting their vote online and at advance in-person polls.
A total of 12,313 people voted online, 3,681 voted at advance in-person polls, leaving 12,387 people voting on election day.
That is a 40.79 per cent turnout rate, which is up about 10 percentage points from the last municipal election.
In 2022, of the 80,332 people who were registered to vote in CK, only 24,546 cast a ballot (30.56 per cent). In that election, 2,857 cast advance in-person votes, 7,366 people voted online, and 14,323 voted on election day.
This year, over half of eligible voters didn't submit a ballot, making up 53,284 people.
