Voting numbers up, turnout percentage down

More people went to the polls inMonday's Saskatchewanelection compared to2011 about 22,833 more.

However, the turnout percentage actually went down, according to figures provided by Elections Saskatchewan.

426,706 people voted this time,versus 403,873 in 2011.

The percentage of registered voters who voted was 66.7 per cent in 2011, but only56.8 per cent this year.

According to the chief electoral officer Michael Boda, the drop can be attributed to the fact that Elections Saskatchewan has gotten a lot better at registering voters and with a bigger denominator in the equation, the turnout fell.

Between the two elections, the number of registered voters increased from 605,615 to 750,893. That's a 24 per cent increase.