After getting just over two-thirds support in Saturday's leadership vote, Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles says she understands the party needs to change if it's going to win the next election.

Stiles received 68 per cent of the votes at the party's annual convention in Niagara Falls, Ont., held just one week after Bonnie Crombie stepped down as leader of the Ontario Liberals after getting only 57 per cent of her party's vote in a similar review.

Speaking to members after the leadership review, Stiles thanked the delegates for their vote and promised to step up.

"We need to make change in this party if we're going to defeat Doug Ford in the next election, and we will do that," she said, moments before delegates began chanting her name.

Stiles told party members earlier in the day tha

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