Riding profile

Scarborough Southwest

Provincial riding — ON · Urban · on tor

The question

Scarborough Southwest: a safe seat for the NDP?

Current forecast

NDP

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
15.1
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • NDP 43.1%
  • OLP 27.8%
  • PC 26.6%
  • GP 1.8%
  • OTH 0.8%

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 OLP PC GP
HereScarborough Southwest 43.1%27.8%26.6%1.8%
Provincial averageOntario 19.5% +23.6 32.3% −4.5 41.4% −14.9 2.8% −1.0

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

Scarborough Southwest, an urban riding in Ontario, elected a member with the NDP in the previous cycle, with a 12-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the NDP ahead at 43% vote share, against 28% for the Ontario Liberals, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Previous election · 2025

Won by
NDP
Margin
12.3 pts
Turnout
41.7%
Margin shift vs current projection
+2.8 pts

Detailed result · ON 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
DOLY BEGUM Elected NDP 14,557 42.9
ADDIE DARAMOLA PC 10,400 30.6
QADIRA JACKSON OLP 7,786 22.9
MARK BEKKERING GP 1,194 3.5
Last model run
Cycle
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