Reasons for not voting in the May 2, 2011 federal election

More than one-quarter of the 7.5 million eligible voters who reported they did not cast a ballot in the May 2, 2011 federal election indicated they did not do so because they were not interested in voting. Another 23% said they were too busy to vote.

The most common response for not having voted was that they were "not interested in voting" (28%), which also includes feeling their vote would not have made a difference in the election results.

An additional 23% indicated they were "too busy", which includes having family obligations or having a schedule conflict at work or school.

Toronto Centre Election Results

Preliminary Results

Toronto Centre   Party Candidate Votes % Votes

Libertarian	Judi Falardeau	271	0.5
Marxist-Leninist	Philip Fernandez	75	0.1
Communist	Catherine Holliday	165	0.3
Green Party	Ellen Michelson	2,949	5.3
Conservative	Kevin Moore	12,505	22.6
Liberal	Bob Rae	22,617	40.9
NDP-New Democratic Party	Susan Wallace	16,607	30.0
Independent	Bahman Yazdanfar	108	0.2

Total number of valid votes:

55,297

Polls reporting: 277/277	Voter turnout: 55,297 of 84,749 registered electors (65.3%)
The number of registered electors shown in this table does not include electors who registered on election day.