Dipika Damerla

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2022 Ontario general election: Mississauga East—Cooksville
Dipika Damerla
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Mississauga City Councillor
Assumed office
December 3, 2018 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Kaleed Rasheed 13,84040.910.24
Liberal Dipika Damerla 12,63437.35+7.11
New Democratic Khawar Hussain3,66410.8311.91
New Blue Mark Morrissey1,5994.73 
Green James Hea1,3453.98+0.52
Ontario Party Gregory Tomchyshyn6251.85 
Moderate Wiktor Jachtholtz1210.360.05
Total valid votes33,828100.0  
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots222
Turnout34,05039.58
Eligible voters85,958
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 3.68
Source(s)
  • "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 18 May 2023.
  • "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 21 May 2023.
2018 Ontario general election : Mississauga East—Cooksville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Kaleed Rasheed 17,86241.15+14.95
Liberal Dipika Damerla 13,12330.23−22.10
New Democratic Tom Takacs9,87122.74+7.35
Green Basia Krzyzanowski1,4983.45−0.07
Libertarian Mark Donaldson4631.07−0.90
None of the Above Leonard Little4130.95
Moderate Mykola Ponomarenko1750.40
Total valid votes43,405100.0  
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 447 1.03
Turnout43,85252.2
Eligible voters 83,122
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +18.52
Source: Elections Ontario [18]
2014 Ontario general election : Mississauga East—Cooksville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Dipika Damerla 20,93452.33+6.59
Progressive Conservative Zoran Churchin10,47926.20−7.06
New Democratic Fayaz Karim6,15815.39−1.40
Green Linh Nguyen1,4083.52+0.97
Libertarian Levko Iwanusiw7881.97
Equal Parenting Dolly Catena2340.58
Total valid votes40,001100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots5571.37
Turnout40,55843.89
Eligible voters92,402
Liberal hold Swing +6.83
Source(s)
Elections Ontario (2014). "Official Returns from the Records, 048 Mississauga East-Cooksville" (PDF). Retrieved 13 March 2015.
2011 Ontario general election : Mississauga East—Cooksville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Dipika Damerla 15,53545.74−13.19
Progressive Conservative Zoran Churchin11,29733.26+10.18
New Democratic Waseem Ahmed5,70416.79+8.33
Green Lloyd Jones9342.75−3.50
Independent Winston Harding1990.59
Freedom Jonathon Dury1770.52−0.12
Paramount Canadians Shriya Shah-Klorfine 1170.34
Total valid votes33,963 100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1910.56
Turnout34,15440.50
Eligible voters84,330
Liberal hold Swing −11.69

Notes

  1. Municipal politicians in Ontario run on a non-partisan basis.

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