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British Columbia's tight election, by the numbers

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 28 Oct, 2024 05:01 PM

The British Columbia NDP has squeaked out enough seats to form government after a tally of absentee and special ballots on Monday. The result came nine days after the Oct. 19 provincial election.

Here are some of the key numbers about the election, based of estimates provided by Elections BC:

Eligible voters: 3,550,017

Total votes cast: 2,105,534

Estimated turnout: 59.3 per cent

NDP vote share: 44.9 per cent

B.C. Conservative vote share: 43.3 per cent

Green Party vote share: 8.2 per cent

Advance votes: 1,001,331 (46 per cent of total)

Votes in initial Oct. 20 count: 2,039,460 (97 per cent of total)

Mail-in and assisted telephone votes counted on weekend: 43,538 (2 per cent of total)

Absentee and special ballots being counted Monday: 22,536 (1 per cent of total)

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