B.C. election results still uncertain as NDP and Conservatives vie for Greens' support
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Saturday was a wild election night in B.C., where the dust is still settling and there isn’t a clear winner—but the B.C. Conservatives claimed a historic numbers of seats.
Saturday was a wild election night in B.C., where the dust is still settling and there isn’t a clear winner—but the B.C. Conservatives claimed a historic numbers of seats.
“This has been a night where we have seen the political landscape change forever,” John Rustad said Saturday night.
On Monday, Elections B.C. results show the NDP have 46 MLAs elected or leading, the Conservatives with 45 MLAs and the BC Greens with two, seemingly holding the balance of power needed to reach 47 seats, the minimum number needed for a majority government.
“We’re right in a hyper, hyper uncertain environment politically in this province,” said University of Victoria political scientist Michael Prince.
Two races are so close—within 100 votes—that a recount is required. In Juan de Fuca-Malahat, the NDP candidate had a 20-ballot margin of victory, and in Surrey City Centre the NDP was only 95 votes ahead.
There are also nearly 50,000 mail-in ballots that arrived after advance polls closed. It’ll be up to a week before those and the two recounts are done.
NDP leader Daivd Eby remains premier, as long as the number hold, but was subdued in his speech to supporters on Saturday night.
