The final outcome of B.C.’s “spandex tight” provincial election remains unclear, but one fact appears clear: the BC NDP lost major ground in the Lower Mainland in Saturday’s provincial election.
The NDP’s dominance in the region was a key storyline of the 2020 election when the party won a commanding majority with 57 seats.
That win saw the party break through in parts of the Lower Mainland it had historically been shut out of. More than half of those seats, 31, were in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.
This time, it was the BC Conservatives that saw a surge in the region, flipping or leading in multiple NDP ridings, including many of the New Democrats’ historic 2020 gains.
While the NDP bent in Metro Vancouver, it didn’t break — holding onto key seats in central and northern Metro Vancouver.
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With the exception of traditional right-leaning strongholds Vancouver-Quilchena and West Vancouver-Capilano, the Conservatives were shut out of …