Global News is projecting that BC Conservative candidate Barry Tepper has been elected in Surrey-Panorama. Nailbiter
This would be an upset for the BC NDP Party as incumbent Jinny Sims held this riding.
She first took office in 2017, collecting 12,336 votes, winning 55.07 per cent of the vote in the 2020 B.C. provincial election.
Surrey-Panorama is a provincial riding located in the Metro Vancouver, Surrey region.
Sims won this Surrey riding by more than 13.2 per cent in 2020, but the Conservatives have been paying particular attention to Surrey and polls showed it could pay off.
For many voters, their riding may have changed in this upcoming provincial election.
Following the 2020 provincial election, the Electoral Boundaries Commission was required to complete a redistribution of seats.
After the final report was released, an act was passed in 2023 to increase seats in the B.C. legislature from 87 to 93. This includes four new ridings in the Lower Mainland, one on Vancouver Island, and one in the Interior.
In addition, 72 ridings had their boundaries adjusted. Forty-one ridings had their names changed.
Voters will decide who will represent Surrey-Panorama during the upcoming B.C. provincial election on Oct. 19, 2024.
Visit this page on election night for a complete breakdown of up-to-the-minute results.