Early Voting Daily Statistics – As of Thursday, August 12, 2021
Early Voting Daily Statistics – As of Thursday, August 12, 2021
Media Release: Friday, August 13, 2021
Elections Nova Scotia – During the early voting period, Elections Nova Scotia (ENS) provides daily statistics for the 41st provincial general election.
The stats reflect early voting numbers as of the close of polls the previous day. The stats include the number of write-in ballot applications processed, the number of votes cast at early voting opportunities including the returning office continuous polls, community polls, and the advanced polls. These numbers add to make the total number of early votes cast as of that date in the 41st provincial general election.
The daily early voting stats are for the 55 electoral districts recommended by the Electoral Boundaries Commission in 2019 and in effect for the 41st provincial general election.
ENS also provides a comparison of these daily stats with the early voting stats from the 2017 provincial general election. Please note the results for the 2017 provincial general election reflect the 51 electoral districts as defined in 2012. A transposition of votes report illustrating how the votes from the 2017 provincial general election fit with the new 2019 electoral boundaries is available on the Elections Nova Scotia website.
Early Voting Statistics as of Thursday, August 12, 2021 (Day 5 of the election calendar)
As of August 12 (day 5 of the election calendar), Elections Nova Scotia has processed 8,675 applications for write-in ballot for the 41st provincial general election.
At the same point in the 2017 provincial general election (day 5), 3,244 votes had been cast by write-in ballot.
As of August 12, (day 5 of the election calendar), 83,217 votes have been cast at the returning office continuous polls in the 55 electoral districts for the 41st provincial general election.
At the same point in the 2017 provincial general election (day 5), 52,704 votes had been cast at the returning office continuous polls.
As of August 12, (day 5 of the election calendar), 17,552 votes have been cast at community polls across the province.
At the same point in the 2017 provincial general election (day 5), 219 votes had been cast at community polls (please note: there were no community polls on day 5 of the election calendar for the 2017 provincial general election).
As of August 12, (day 5 of the election calendar), 17,231 votes have been cast at Advance Polls across the province.
At the same point in the 2017 provincial general election (day 5), 18,367 votes had been cast at Advance Polls.
As of August 12, (day 5 of the election calendar), a total of 126,675 early votes have been cast (please note: this is total includes the number of write-in ballot applications process, plus early votes cast at the returning office continuous polls, community polls, and advance polls).
At the same point in the 2017 provincial general election (day 5), a total of 74,534 early votes had been cast.
As of August 12 (day 5) the total number of early votes cast thus far in the 41st provincial general election, 126,675, is higher than the total number of early votes cast before election day in the 2017 provincial general election, 118,623.
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Media Contact:
Naomi Shelton
Director, Policy and Communications
Elections Nova Scotia
902-424-3275
902-223-4871
naomi.shelton@novascotia.ca