BC Election Result 2026: Conservatives Lead in 63 of 93 Districts

The initial count of British Columbia's 24 October 2026 election is complete, and Conservative candidates lead in 63 of the 93 districts, BC NDP candidates in 28 and BC Green Party candidates in 2, on the Elections BC results portal as of 10:34 Pacific time on Monday 26 October (17:34 GMT), with every ballot box reported. When we checked at 06:00 GMT on Tuesday 27 October, versus showed 40 of the 42 predictions in this guide as settled; the two that had not settled were on Kelowna Centre, where the Conservative Kristina Loewen leads the BC NDP's Loyal Wooldridge by 132 votes.

None of these seats is official. The portal calls the results preliminary, and Elections BC's Counting Processes guide says a candidate is declared elected in each district only at the end of the final count, which its election page plans for 6 to 10 November. Trading on all 42 predictions closed by 03:59 GMT on 25 October. versus does not say who will win, and this guide is for readers in Great Britain.

The completed initial count

The portal prints its time as PST, but British Columbia's Interpretation Act fixes Pacific time at seven hours behind UTC. At the 10:34 stamp the Conservative Party had 862,688 votes (48.06%), the BC NDP 670,811 (37.37%) and the BC Green Party 196,896 (10.97%). CentreBC had 1.62% and OneBC 1.51%. Preliminary turnout was 48.14%: 1,799,550 votes considered out of 3,738,182 registered voters.

Leads in 63 districts would exceed the 47 seats a majority needs, but a lead is not a seat until the final count. In 2024 the BC NDP won 47 of the 93 seats, the Conservatives 44 and the Greens 2 (Elections BC Statement of Votes).

How the party leaders did in their own seats

Elections BC's register of parties (as of 26 October 2026) names the leaders of the five parties in the predictions, all of them candidates. At the same stamp the candidate view showed:

• David Eby (BC NDP leader) led Vancouver-Point Grey by 538 votes over Alex McMillan (Conservative).
• Lorne Doerkson (Conservative interim leader) led Cariboo-Chilcotin by 11,095 votes over Kathryn Askew (NDP).
• Emily Lowan (BC Green Party leader) led Saanich North and the Islands by 5,017 votes over Ryan Windsor (Conservative).
• Elenore Sturko (CentreBC leader) was third in Surrey South with 10.13%; Megan Knight (Conservative) led.
• Dallas Brodie (OneBC interim leader) was fifth of five in Vancouver-Quilchena with 4.04%; Carson Binda (Conservative) led.

The closest seats and the recount rules

Section 136 of the Election Act lets a candidate or official agent ask in writing, within three days after voting day, for election-night ballots to be recounted at the final count when the preliminary results put the top two 100 votes or fewer apart. Two districts are inside that line: Ladysmith-Oceanside, where Stephanie Higginson (NDP) leads Kris McNichol (Conservative) by 13 votes, 13,380 to 13,367, and Burnaby South-Metrotown, where Paul Choi (NDP) leads David Xie (Conservative) by 66. Next come Kelowna Centre (132) and Cowichan Valley, where Bert Chen (Conservative) leads Debra Toporowski (NDP) by 151.

After the final count, sections 137 and 139 require a judicial recount if the top candidates tie or if the winner's margin is less than one five-hundredth of the total ballots considered. On the preliminary figures only Ladysmith-Oceanside is below that line: one five-hundredth of its 30,155 ballots considered is about 60 votes, and its gap is 13.

The four province-wide predictions

All four have settled on versus. The Eby prediction, settled on 26 October, asked whether he would be formally appointed and sworn in as premier as a result of this election, with interim or caretaker service not counting.

The predictions on whether the NDP or the Conservatives end up as the largest party rank parties by seats, and the third-place prediction uses the same order to pick third from NDP, Conservative, Greens, CentreBC and OneBC. All three settled on 25 October. To compare with their answers: CentreBC and OneBC led in no district in the initial count.

Ten districts with seat predictions

versus also has 38 Yes or No predictions on single candidates; all but the Loewen and Wooldridge ones have settled. Gaps in votes at the 26 October stamp:

• Courtenay-Comox: Will Cole-Hamilton (NDP) led Brennan Day (Conservative) by 696; then Jay Van Oostdam (Green) and Jason Cook (CentreBC).
• Kelowna Centre: Kristina Loewen (Conservative) led Loyal Wooldridge (NDP) by 132; then Bill Desrosiers (OneBC).
• Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows: Doug Morneau (Conservative) led Lisa Beare (NDP) by 850; then Jordan Simmons (CentreBC) and Susan Einarsson (OneBC).
• Richmond-Steveston: Gordon Zhang (Conservative) led Bruce Kong (NDP) by 3,841; then Barry Wosk (CentreBC), Robert Evans (independent) and Keenan Yang (CanWest Party).
• Surrey City Centre: Zeeshan Wahla (Conservative) led Amna Shah (NDP) by 395; then Oliver Wildfong (OneBC) and Raman Sharma (CentreBC).
• Surrey-Fleetwood: Garry Purewal (Conservative) led Jagrup Brar (NDP) by 2,169; then Tim Binnema (Green), Carolyn Hofbauer (OneBC) and Paul Brar (CentreBC).
• Surrey-Guildford: Garry Thind (Conservative) led Garry Begg (NDP) by 1,472; then Jodi Murphy (Green) and James Yaroshuk (unaffiliated).
• Surrey-Newton: Harj Dhaliwal (Conservative) led Jessie Sunner (NDP) by 1,858; then Harman Preet Singh (CentreBC).
• Vernon-Lumby: Kevin Acton (Conservative) led Harwinder Sandhu (NDP) by 3,254; then Blair Visscher (Green) and Chantel Gibbs (OneBC).
• Vancouver-Yaletown: Margareta Dovgal (Conservative) led Terry Yung (NDP) by 844; then Priyan Samarakoone (Green) and Sam Chandola (CentreBC). Timothy Webster withdrew (notice accepted 8 October, Elections BC says) but stayed on the printed ballot; the portal's results do not list him.

Kelowna Centre, where two predictions wait

At the 26 October stamp Kristina Loewen had 10,791 votes (48.22%) and Loyal Wooldridge 10,659 (47.63%), with Bill Desrosiers on 3.90%. Their 132-vote gap is above the 100-vote line for a section 136 request and above one five-hundredth of the district's 22,379 ballots considered (about 45 votes), but the final count still has to add its mail-in and absentee ballots.

The Loewen and Wooldridge predictions each settle Yes only if the named candidate wins the seat for a term beginning in or after October 2026, and No if someone else wins it. If there is still no definite outcome at 11:59 pm Eastern time on 31 March 2027 (04:59 BST on Thursday 1 April 2027), both settle No. Matching reports from reputable outlets decide; where they leave doubt, Elections BC's official result is the one that counts.

What happens next

• Friday 6 to Tuesday 10 November: the planned final count (the portal lists 6 November), with each district's winner declared at its end.
• Six days after the declaration: the deadline to apply for a judicial recount, with any recount set for 7 to 15 days after the declaration (sections 139 and 140).
• Wednesday 18 November: Return Day. Elections BC's writs page says the election period is officially over once the writs are returned.

For the Kelowna Centre pair, the final count is the next step that matters: it turns the preliminary figures into an official result, which a judicial recount could still revise.

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Frequently asked questions

Who won the 2026 B.C. election?

No winner is official yet. In Elections BC's completed initial count, as of 10:34 Pacific time on 26 October, the Conservative Party led in 63 of 93 districts, the BC NDP in 28 and the BC Green Party in 2.

When will the B.C. election result be final?

Elections BC plans the final count for 6 to 10 November 2026 and declares each district's winner at its end; a judicial recount can follow in a close seat. Return Day is 18 November.

What is the closest seat in the B.C. election?

Ladysmith-Oceanside: in the initial count the BC NDP's Stephanie Higginson led Kris McNichol (Conservative) by 13 votes, the narrowest margin of all 93 districts.

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