Riding profile

Oshawa

Provincial riding — ON · Suburban · on 905

The question

Oshawa: a safe seat for the NDP?

Current forecast

NDP

Competitive

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
6.1
P(close race)
21%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • NDP 45.6%
  • PC 39.5%
  • OLP 12.3%
  • OTH 2.2%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. Hamilton MountainOLP53 %1.3 pt margin
  2. Mississauga CentrePC59 %1.3 pt margin
  3. Newmarket—AuroraPC65 %1.4 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

NDP PC OLP OTH
HereOshawa 45.6%39.5%12.3%2.2%
Provincial averageOntario 19.5% +26.0 41.4% −2.0 32.3% −20.0 4.0% −1.7

Provincial averages computed across the 124 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

Oshawa, a suburban riding in Ontario, elected a member with the NDP in the previous cycle, with a 4-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the NDP ahead at 46% vote share, against 39% for the PC Party, and the riding remains competitive.

Sitting member

Jennifer K. French

Sits with NDP

Parliament
44th

Previous election · 2025

Won by
NDP
Margin
4.3 pts
Turnout
41.6%
Margin shift vs current projection
+1.8 pts

Detailed result · ON 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
JENNIFER FRENCH Elected NDP 20,367 45.9
JERRY J. OUELLETTE PC 18,442 41.5
VIRESH BANSAL OLP 3,891 8.8
NICHOLAS SIRGOOL GP 916 2.1
JOE INGINO OTH 644 1.4
RAHUL PADMINI SOUMIAN IND 142 0.3
Last model run
Cycle
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