2015 Election for the Government of Prince Edward Island

PREMIER Wade MacLauchlan - The Prince Edward Island Liberal Association Inc

65th Parliament of the Government of Prince Edward Island

Duration 5th May 2015 - Present

Election Held on 4th May 2015

Party	Number of seats	Popular Support
The Prince Edward Island Liberal Association Inc	18 (66.67 %)	40.83 %
Progressive Conservative Association of Prince Edward Island	8 (29.63 %)	37.4 %
Green Party of Prince Edward Island	1 (3.7 %)	10.79 %
New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island	0 (0 %)	10.97 %

Total number of seats: 27

Voters cast 81,986 votes. 43,947 of them were wasted

10,168 votes for The Prince Edward Island Liberal Association Inc wasted

18,012 votes for Progressive Conservative Association of Prince Edward Island wasted

8,994 votes for New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island wasted

6,773 votes for Green Party of Prince Edward Island wasted

Most of the time in our current system more than half of the votes cast in a district are wasted. The following table shows the worst of these.

District	Percent Votes Wasted
Charlottetown-Lewis Point-P.E.I.	65.74 %
West Royalty-Springvale-P.E.I.	62.43 %
Charlottetown-Brighton-P.E.I.	61.01 %
Charlottetown-Victoria Park-P.E.I.	60.62 %
Summerside-Wilmot-P.E.I.	60.56 %

More than half of the votes cast in 21 districts were wasted. Almost 78 % of all districts

District	Percent Votes Wasted
Charlottetown-Lewis Point-P.E.I.	65.74 %
West Royalty-Springvale-P.E.I.	62.43 %
Charlottetown-Brighton-P.E.I.	61.01 %
Charlottetown-Victoria Park-P.E.I.	60.62 %
Summerside-Wilmot-P.E.I.	60.56 %
Summerside-St. Eleanors-P.E.I.	58.78 %
Vernon River-Stratford-P.E.I.	58.67 %
Montague-Kilmuir-P.E.I.	58.2 %
Tyne Valley-Linkletter-P.E.I.	57.04 %
Charlottetown-Parkdale-P.E.I.	56.3 %
Souris-Elmira-P.E.I.	55.64 %
Belfast-Murray River-P.E.I.	54.88 %
Tracadie-Hillsborough Park-P.E.I.	54.35 %
Charlottetown-Sherwood-P.E.I.	54.19 %
Cornwall-Meadowbank-P.E.I.	53.72 %
Borden-Kinkora-P.E.I.	52.86 %
Rustico-Emerald-P.E.I.	52.77 %
York-Oyster Bed-P.E.I.	52.32 %
Georgetown-St. Peters-P.E.I.	52.04 %
O`Leary-Inverness-P.E.I.	51.19 %
Morell-Mermaid-P.E.I.	50.02 %

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