More than 68 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot in Monday’s federal election – the highest turnout at the polls since 1993.

That’s a jump of more than 11.5 per cent from the 2011 election.

Preliminary Elections Canada figures state that 68.49 per cent of eligible voters – or 17,546,697 people - went to the polls on Monday for the Liberal Party’s majority win.

Just 61.1 per cent of registered voters cast ballots in 2011.

Monday marks the highest turnout since 1993, when 69.6 per cent of eligible voters cast ballots.

There are several similarities between the 1993 election and the one held on Monday.

Both times, Liberals replaced a Tory government that had been in power for roughly nine years.

Also in both elections, the dollar was trading at about 75 cents against the American dollar.

And in both cases, the Toronto Blue Jays were earning post season baseball glory.

On Monday night, the Blue Jays won 11-8 over the Kansas City Royals for their first win in three games in the American League Championship series.

In 1993, the Blue Jays won the World Series two days before the Liberal victory at the polls.

The voter turnout numbers on Monday don’t include anyone who registered on election day.

In Ontario, the Carleton riding pulled in 81 per cent of voters, while Timmins-James Bay had just 62 per cent.

Across the GTA, where the Liberals swept past the Tories, the turnout was roughly similar to the national average.

The highest voter turnout was in Prince Edward Island at 77.4 per cent, followed by the Yukon (76 per cent) and New Brunswick (74.6 per cent) close behind.

At the bottom of the list were Newfoundland and Labrador, with only 61.5 per cent of eligible voters casting ballots.

There was an increase in advance polls of 71 per cent from 2011, with more than 3.6 million Canadians voting over four days through the Thanksgiving weekend.

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There were only three days allotted for advance polls in 2011.

Elections Canada made a special effort this election to draw youth and aboriginal Canadians to the polls. They’re groups that are generally underrepresented at the polls.

Official turnout for the 2011 election was 61.1%, which is 2.3 percentage points higher than the all-time low of 58.8% in 2008, according to Elections Canada.

Voter turnout typically varied between 70 and 80 per cent before 1993, Elections Canada said.