Left-leaning New Democratic Party to form British Columbia government after tight election win
Incumbent Premier David Eby's New Democratic Party (NDP) is set to form the next government of British Columbia after edging ahead in a final tally of ballots on Monday, more than a week after the Oct. 19 vote took place.
The NDP was leading or elected in 47 seats - just enough to form a majority government - in Canada's westernmost province, while John Rustad's Conservative Party of British Columbia had 44 seats and the BC Green Party won two.
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"Based on today's final vote count, and pending judicial recounts, British Columbians have asked our BC NDP team to lead our province for a third time," Eby said.
Voters had to wait nine days for the final count by Elections BC after initial results showed no party had won enough seats to form a majority government. Two electoral districts will still likely face a judicial recount because the margins of victory were so slim.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/left-leaning-new-democratic-party-form-british-columbia-government-after-tight-2024-10-29/2 judicial recounts to take place within the next 2 weeks
Two judicial recounts were triggered at the end of the "final count" by an NDP candidate's 27-vote victory margin in Surrey-Guildford and a Conservative candidate's 38-vote win in Kelowna Centre.
Elections B.C. says district electoral officers must apply for a judicial recount if the margin of victory is within 1/500th of all ballots considered in the riding.
Recounts are conducted by a B.C. Supreme Court judge and may include all or some of the ballots in an election.
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According to the B.C. Election Act, the recounts must take place within 15 days after the declaration of the official election results, which happened on Oct. 28.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/election-integrity-british-columbia-1.7368343
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