Elections BC released partial results of the final count in B.C.’s 2024 provincial election Saturday afternoon, and the data shows NDP candidates gaining in some tight races.
NDP candidates have extended their leads in close contests in Juan de Fuca-Malahat and Surrey City Centre, while narrowing the gap with leading Conservative candidates in several other ridings.
So far, though, the tallying of mail-in and absentee ballots has not changed the leader in any electoral district.
The closest race in the province, as of Elections BC’s 4 p.m. update, was in Surrey-Guildford, where Conservative candidate Honveer Singh Randhawa led NDP incumbent Garry Begg by just 12 votes.
In the initial count after election night, Randhawa’s lead was 103 votes.
The two closest races on election night were led by the NDP candidates, and each candidate extended their lead in Saturday’s updates.
Dana Lajeunesse extended his lead over Conservative candidate Marina Sapozhnikov …