Ontario PC leader Doug Ford has secured a second majority government, CTV News projects.
Ford computers are chosen or led in 80 of 124 constituencies.
The NPD will form the official opposition, and is elected or leading in 28 seats, while the Liberals are the third, elected or led in nine.
The Greens have retained Guelph and an independent candidate leads Haldimand-Norfolk.
A crowd gathered at the Toronto Convention Center in Etobicoke erupted in applause at the news of the screening.
Votes are still being counted across the province and polling stations in 19 different constituencies remained open beyond the 9pm closing time due to technical difficulties.
Ford is expected to address the public around 10 p.m.
The headline of Etobicoke North ran a cautious “main” campaign, holding a few events where journalists could ask him questions and rejecting numerous requests for individual interviews.
Instead, the 57-year-old organized large indoor rallies with supporters and great outdoor photography opportunities highlighting his party’s promises in infrastructure such as Highway 413.
Ford led most of the polls during the campaign, with several this week placing him more than 10% ahead of the Liberals and even more ahead of the NDP.
His party pledged to build a still-free road linking the York, Peel and Halton regions, spend up to $ 40 billion over 10 years on building and redeveloping hospitals, eliminating provincial income taxes. of a wider range of lower-income workers and permanently eliminate enrollment. sticker rates.
Ford struggled with an unpopular first year, full of stories of service cuts and a struggle to halve Toronto City Hall that eventually ended with a threat to invoke the However clause and a prolonged court battle .
But the COVID-19 pandemic gave Ford a change to show stoicism and resolution at a difficult time, especially in the early months.