There are 107 members of the Legislative Assembly to be elected.

There are 107 ridings.

One person is elected in each riding.

You vote for one candidate running in your riding. The candidate may or may not be affiliated with a party.

The candidate with the most votes wins the seat in the riding. That person becomes the representative for your riding at Queen’s Park.

There are three candidates called A, B and C

A receives 40% of the vote, B receives 30% of the vote, C receives 20% and D 10% of the vote.

A has the most votes. A wins the election.

This electoral system is simple.

This system creates overrepresentation of the leading party. In other words, its share of the seats is usually bigger than its share of the votes. This leads to more stable majority governments.

There is one representative per riding. This leads to stronger ties between the representative and the voters.

A candidate can be elected without having the support of the majority of voters. In many cases, a majority of the population is represented by someone they didn’t vote for.

Small parties are underrepresented in the legislature. This means that they receive a smaller share of seats than the share of votes they received.

It is possible for a party to get more votes than another party but have fewer seats in the legislature.