B.C. election results: Mail-in ballots heavily favour NDP, only absentee ballots left to count
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The majority of mail-in ballots tallied this weekend for the final count in B.C.’s nail-bitingly close 2024 provincial election went to the NDP, increasing the party’s chances of clinching a third term.
The majority of mail-in ballots tallied this weekend for the final count in B.C.’s nail-bitingly close 2024 provincial election went to the NDP, increasing the party’s chances of clinching a third term.
Of the approximately 43,500 mail-in and assisted telephone ballots counted Saturday and Sunday, 55 per cent went to David Eby’s incumbent B.C. NDP, while just 32 per cent went to John Rustad’s B.C. Conservatives.
The B.C. Greens took 10 per cent of the votes, and the rest went to a mix of Independent and third-party candidates.
No ridings have changed hands, though the NDP has strengthened its lead significantly in several close ridings, and nearly eliminated the gap with the leading Conservative candidate in another.
Elections B.C. will not be updating the final count again until Monday, when roughly 21,500 additional absentee ballots will be tallied.
The agency is expected to announce the final results the same day – after a long week for politically engaged B.C. residents, who have been left without a clear picture of who will form their next government.
Two ridings where the NDP has taken a more comfortable lead are Juan de Fuca-Malahat and Surrey City Centre, where automatic recounts were triggered because the party’s candidates were ahead by fewer than 100 votes in the initial count.
