March 1, 2018 – A total of 13,104 ballots have been counted tonight in three provincial by-elections in Kindersley, Melfort and Swift Current. These are the preliminary results, with the official results to be part of the Final Count on March 13.

Preliminary results can be found at results.elections.sk.ca.

Below are the specific results and numbers from each event for the preliminary count tonight. Note the number of registered voters for each event will increase slightly after today as eligible voters could register after the February 21 registration deadline at the time of voting, either during either advance voting or regular voting today.

Kindersley:

  • 11,690 registered voters (11,883 in 2016 General Election (GE))
  • 3,790 ballots cast tonight (7,067 in 2016 GE)
  • 42 percent turnout of registered voters (59.74 percent in 2016 GE)
  • Ballots from a total of 55 ballot boxes were counted tonight, comprised of:
    • 44 for regular polls
    • 7 for advance polls
    • 4 for mobile polls (personal care homes in the constituency)
  • No homebound voting applications were received, therefore there is no homebound poll.
  • Two additional polls (1 for absentee votes, and 1 for hospital/remand votes) will be added to the Final Count on March 13, for a total of 57 ballot boxes.

Melfort:

  • 12,181 registered voters (12,254 in 2016 GE)
  • 4,168 ballots cast tonight (7,237 in 2016 GE)
  • 22 percent turnout of registered voters (59.23 percent in 2016 GE)
  • Ballots from a total of 58 ballot boxes were counted tonight, comprised of:
    • 48 for regular polls
    • 4 for advance polls
    • 5 for mobile polls (personal care homes in the constituency)
    • 1 for a homebound poll
  • Two additional polls (1 for absentee votes, and 1 for hospital/remand votes) will be added to the Final Count on March 13, for a total of 60 ballot boxes.

Swift Current:

  • 12,218 registered voters (12,216 in 2016 GE)
  • 5,146 ballots cast tonight (7,364 in 2016 GE)
  • 12 percent turnout of registered voters (60.55 percent in 2016 GE)
  • Ballots from a total of 58 ballot boxes were counted tonight, comprised of:
    • 43 for regular polls
    • 3 for advance polls
    • 5 for mobile polls (personal care homes in the constituency)
    • 1 for a homebound poll
  • Two additional polls (1 for absentee votes, and 1 for hospital/remand votes) will be added to the Final Count on March 13, for a total of 54 ballot boxes.

Absentee ballots, also known as voting by mail, must be received at Elections Saskatchewan no later than March 12, and must be postmarked no later than today. The number of absentee voter applications given out for these events were:

  • Kindersley 7
  • Melfort 26
  • Swift Current 44

Elections Saskatchewan is the province’s independent, impartial, professional election management body. Given a mandate from the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly, it organizes, manages and oversees provincial electoral events. Find information for voters, workers, media, candidates and parties at www.elections.sk.ca.

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For more information contact:

Tim Kydd
Senior Director, Outreach & Communications
Elections Saskatchewan
306.537.9211
[email protected]