REPLAY: Ross Romano turns Sault Ste. Marie blue

11:24 p.m. update:

The following are unofficial results from Elections Ontario with all polls reporting:

Ross Romano: 10,391

Joe Krmpotich: 8,535

Debbie Amaroso: 5,919

Kara Flannigan: 512

Above Znoneofthe: 310

Gene Balfour: 71

John Turmel: 47

Elections Ontario reports 43.93 per cent of eligible voters turned out.

10:55 p.m. update:

“I want to say something to Kathleen Wynne: I’m coming,” Romano told supporters tonight. “We will be ignored no longer. You seem to think nothing exists north of Barrie. We are here and I intend to make sure you hear us loud and clear.”

With 169 of 174 polls reporting, unofficial results from Elections Ontario show Romano with 10,143 votes, beating out the NDP's Joe Krmpotich by a margin of 1,886.

10:13 p.m. original story:

With more than a 1,400-vote lead, it looks like Ross Romano will walk away the winner tonight in the provincial byelection to replace MPP David Orazietti.

SooToday is at Romano's election-night gathering at Quattro and will be livestreaming video when Romano addresses the crowd.

The Ward 6 Councillor appears to be coming out ahead of his wardmate, NDP candidate Joe Krmpotich.

Former mayor, Liberal candidate Debbie Amaroso, is trailing the frontrunners in third place.

We've got reporters with each of the major candidates and will continue to bring you full coverage of election results.