It’s still a close race in British Columbia’s election as recounting continues, but the NDP has gained a lead in two ridings that were tight.
In the general election held on Oct. 19, the BC NDP won or was leading in 46 ridings, the BC Conservatives won or were leading in 45 ridings, and the Green Party picked up 2 seats.
As of Oct. 26 at 4 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, Elections BC said that in the riding of Juan de Fuca-Malahat, NDP candidate Dana Lajeunesse was leading over Conservative Marina Sapozhnikov by 106 votes. That is up from 23 in the initial count.
In the Surrey City Centre riding, the NDP candidate, Amna Shah, is ahead of the Conservative candidate, Zeeshan Wahla, by 178 votes. That is up from the 93 votes that Shah had in the initial count….