Ranked ballots could have given Liberals majority: prof
In 2025, Miljan says a ranked ballot may have helped the Liberals eke out a majority — the party landed at 169 seats, falling just three short of a majority government.
“I don’t think it would have made a big difference, except probably in the few ridings where there were three-way splits, where you might have gotten a few more NDP seats and probably equally more Liberal seats,” she said. “In that respect, you would have had a Liberal majority, most likely.”
I’d argue that the liberals getting 43% of the vote while scoring as well as they did is largely a function of strategic voting by NDP voters who refused to have a conservative govt. Strategic voting definitely contributed to their low % compared to the number of seats they got - I didn’t vote for them in my riding because my region has been con since the 60s. If it had been close, I probably would’ve considered it.
Worth mentioning I’m a staunch supporter of single vote MMPR, but in ranked choice their “% of votes” would’ve been higher than it currently is. Those additional votes would still be entirely valid votes, though they are a second choice vote.