The long path to a result in British Columbia’s provincial election [Video]

The election to form British Columbia’s next government came down to just a handful of votes. The NDP has secured enough seats to form government, although the margin is razor thin.

Without a clear winner on election night, the results of a handful of undecided ridings came down to the final count of absentee ballots on Monday.

Even as the absentee ballot counts wraps up, there may be more to count. District electoral officers must apply for a judicial recount by a B.C. Supreme Court judge if the difference between the first two candidates is less than 1/500th of the total ballots considered.

Here is a timeline of key moments:

Oct. 10-16 — Hundreds of advance polling stations open across the province and a record number of British Columbians come out to cast their ballots ahead of the Oct. 19 election day.

Elections BC says 1,001,331 people cast their ballots during the advance voting period, the most ever in …