Read some findings gleaned from the 2014 Ontario Votes election data. Total Council seats: 3,306 (444 municipal governments in Ontario) Some 7,290 candidates ran, of which 1,647 were women (22.6%). In 2010, 8,039 candidates ran, of which 1,495 were women (18.5%). AMO congratulates the 1,271 returning members and 1,598 new members of council. That equates to almost 56% new faces of 2,869 elected positions, compared to 44% in 2010. The percentage of women elected is 21.6% compared to 26% for the 2010-2014 term. Some notable statistics also include: