Elections New Brunswick has warned that results could take time to trickle in.

Some of the women elected include Sherry Wilson of Moncton Southwest, Tammy Scott-Wallace of Sussex–Fundy–St. Martins, Arlene Dunn of Saint John Harbour and Dorothy Shephard of Saint John Lancaster.

New Brunswick Liberal Leader Kevin Vickers is stepping down from his post after losing his seat in the province’s election Monday evening.

Global News will have live, real-time election results after the polls close at 8 p.m. AT.

The preliminary report paves the way for a second round of public hearings before a final report is filed. The new boundaries will be used for the next general election.

The court dismissed advocacy group Democracy Watch's argument that the premier's early election call was illegal because of the province's fixed-date election law.

New Brunswick's chief electoral officer's recommendation comes with nine others arising from last summer's snap election.

Under the legislature's standing rules, a party must win five seats or 20 per cent of the vote to be recognized as an official party. Neither the Greens or the People's Alliance met those benchmarks.

The province announced on Wednesday that New Brunswickers will once again head to the polls on May 10, 2021.

"The DEC itself, most of us agreed at the end of June last year, that we would stay on until government decided when the DEC elections should be."