The NDP now lead Surrey-Guildford by 18 votes, up from nine an hour earlier.
That is up from a nine vote lead an hour ago.Chad Skelton, data journalist and Kwantlen University instructor, estimates there are around 43 votes left to count in Surrey-Guildford and roughly 16 in Kelowna Centre.
The BC NDP are now leading in 47 ridings—a majority government—while the Conservatives have 44 seats. The Greens have two seats. The Kelowna Centre and Surrey-Guildford ridings are the only two ridings still in play as Elections BC completes its final count of absentee and special ballots. Updates are coming every hour.
The Conservatives, however, have slightly extended their lead in Kelowna Centre to 62 votes, up from 60 votes during the last update. Judicial recounts can still be triggered in ridings where the margin of victory is less than 1/500th of the total ballots considered.The BC NDP are on the verge of a majority government and have cut the Conservative lead in Surrey-Guildford to just four votes.The NDP have also reduced the Conservative lead in Kelowna Centre to 60 votes, down from 63 votes an hour ago.
Kelowna Centre Conservative candidate Kristina Loewen started the day with a 68-vote lead over NDP candidate Loyal Wooldridge going into the start of counting absentee ballots, of which there are 228 in Kelowna Centre.
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