Voters at a polling station at Britannia Community Centre in Vancouver, October 16, 2024.Photo by Arlen Redekop/Postmedia/File

Still hundreds of votes to count in closest British Columbia election races: officials

The NDP is ahead of the B.C. Conservatives by fewer than 100 votes in the two closest races, so the numbers released by Elections BC give room for the lead to switch

by · National Post

Elections BC said late Friday that several hundred ballots remain uncounted in the tightest undecided races after the province’s nail-biting vote last weekend.

The NDP is ahead of the B.C. Conservatives by fewer than 100 votes in the two closest races, so the numbers released by Elections BC give room for the lead to switch, increasing the chance of a Conservative majority.

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