NDP poised to win majority after overturning Conservative lead in critical Surrey riding

The B.C. NDP has gained the driving of Surrey-Guildford by a handful of votes, paving the option to a majority authorities. 

Surrey-Guildford incumbent Garry Begg beat Conservative candidate Honveer Singh Randhawa by simply 27 votes, in keeping with closing outcomes posted by Elections B.C. on Monday night.

Nonetheless, the driving can be topic to an automated judicial recount, because the margin was lower than 1/five hundredth of the whole ballots forged within the driving.

If the outcomes stand, the NDP could have the 47 seats required to kind a majority authorities. CBC Information has not projected a winner for the driving, pending the judicial recount.

Elections B.C. had been posting new outcomes each hour because it counted about 22,000 absentee ballots on Monday morning. Last outcomes can be found at CBC Information B.C. Votes 2024.

On Monday evening, it launched its closing vote depend.

Conservative Brennan Day gained the driving of Courtenay-Comox over the NDP’s Ronna-Rae Leonard by 92 votes.

After two races that have been too near name over the weekend, NDP candidate Dana Lajeunesse gained in Juan de Fuca-Malahat, and Conservative candidate Kristina Loewen gained in Kelowna Centre.

Conservative Lawrence Mok gained the driving of Maple Ridge East, flipping it from the NDP.

In the meantime, the NDP gained in Surrey Metropolis Centre after candidate Amna Shah captured 236 votes greater than Conservative Zeeshan Wahla.

WATCH | Elections B.C. explains Monday’s depend: 

Judicial recounts seemingly in shut election races: Elections B.C.

British Columbia’s chief electoral officer, Anton Boegman, breaks down how vote-counting in B.C. works, from mail-in ballots to judicial recounts.

Judicial recounts will happen in two ridings the place the profitable margin was lower than 1/five hundredth of all votes forged: Kelowna Centre, the place the Conservatives gained by 38 votes, and Surrey-Guildford, the place the margin of victory was simply 27 votes.

Judicial recounts are overseen by a B.C. Supreme Courtroom justice and, in keeping with the B.C. Election Act, should happen inside 15 days after the declaration of the official election outcomes.

WATCH | How CBC Information calls an election: 

How CBC’s choice desk ‘calls’ an election

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