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A closer look at the numbers as incumbents rule Sarnia, Chatham and Windsor

CBC narrows in on the numbers from Thursday night's provincial election. Voter turnout was much higher in rural southwest ridings compared to Windsor.

Voter turnout was much higher in rural southwest ridings compared to Windsor

Vote tabulating machines, such as this one, are being used at polling stations across Ontario. (CBC)

As you have probably heard by now, there were no changes in power across all six provincial ridings covering Sarnia, Chatham and Windsor. That said, some of the numbers may or may not surprise you — here's the official breakdown.

How exactly did the candidates do?

Sarnia—Lambton

  • Bob Bailey (PC) 53% [margin: 7,806]
  • Kathy Alexander (NDP) 37%
  • Neil Wereley (Lib) 4%

Lambton—Kent—Middlesex

  • Monte McNaughton (PC) 55% [margin: 11,086]
  • Todd Case (NDP) 33%
  • Mike Radan (Lib) 6%

Chatham—Kent—Leamington

  • Rick Nicholls (PC) 52% [margin: 7,512]
  • Jordan McGrail (NDP) 36%
  • Margaret Schleier Stahl (Lib) 8%

Essex

  • Taras Natyshak (NDP) 49% [margin: 3,323]
  • Chris Lewis (PC) 42%
  • Kate Festeryga (Lib) 6%

Windsor-Tecumseh      

  • Percy Hatfield (NDP) 58% [margin: 13,546]
  • Mohammed Latif (PC) 27%
  • Remy Boulbol (Lib) 8%

Windsor West         

  • Lisa Gretzky (NDP) 52% [margin: 9,203]
  • Adam Ibrahim (PC) 28%
  • Rino Bortolin (Lib) 15%
Ontario's Chief Electoral Officer Greg Essensa holds up a printout of a mocked up vote result from a vote tabulator as he demonstrates an electronic voting machine during a media availability in Toronto on Wednesday May 9 , 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young (Chris Young/Canadian Press)

How was the turnout?

Sarnia-Lambton — 62%

Lambton-Kent-Middlesex — 62%

Chatham-Kent-Leamington — 58%

Essex — 58%

Windsor-Tecumseh — 48%

Windsor West — 44%

2014 margins and order

Bob Bailey 1,996; Monte McNaughton 8,550; Rick Nicholls 2,519; Natyshak 17,947; Hatfield 17,221; Gretzky 1,022 — Liberals were 2nd in Windsor-Tecumseh and Windsor West in 2014; other ridings had exact same order of finish