Policy Watch|Canada
B.C. election: Conservatives lead in 62 of 93 ridings on the preliminary count; mail ballots still to come
Elections BC’s preliminary results at 10:01 p.m. PT on 24 October (1:01 a.m. ET on 25 October), with 80.97% of ballot boxes reporting, show the Conservative Party leading in 62 electoral districts with 47.81% of the vote, the BC NDP in 29 with 37.70% and the BC Greens in 2 with 11.04%. Forty-seven seats make a majority. Nothing is final: vote-by-mail and absentee ballots are counted about two weeks after election day, with the final count planned for 6–10 November.
Daily Teabag Desk·Centre