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B.C. election 2024 final result expected Monday as last ballots counted

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Elections BC releases number of uncounted ballots in ridings
Elections BC has released the exact number of uncounted mail-in and absentee ballots in each provincial riding, which will be counted over the weekend. But as Aaron McArthur reports, it still won't be until Monday before we know the final makeup of the B.C. legislature.

Nine days after election day, British Columbians will know the final result of the 2024 provincial election.

Elections BC says vote counting will wrap up on Monday with absentee votes last to be counted starting Monday morning.

As of 11 a.m. on Monday, Surrey-Guildford has seen a Conservative lead tighten to just four votes.

The Conservative lead has narrowed a little in Kelowna-Centre, with their candidate leading with 6 votes.

The NDP candidate in Juan de Fuca Malahat is leading by 109 votes.

Mail-in and assisted telephone ballots were counted on Sunday, but neither party reached 47 seats for a majority.
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Surrey-Guildford could provide David Eby’s New Democrats with the narrowest of majorities if the lead there flips on Monday.

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The current seat count remains at 46 seats for the NDP, 45 for the BC Conservatives and two for the BC Greens.

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Elections BC said the tally of more than 22,000 absentee and special votes began at 9 a.m. Monday, with the results then updated on its website hourly “as counting progresses.”

-with files from The Canadian Press

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