NDP projected to win B.C. election, but as a majority or minority government still unknown

VICTORIA — The NDP appears to have won enough seats to form government in British Columbia, however it is unclear whether it will be a majority or minority.

The Canadian Press is projecting that Premier David Eby’s New Democrats have won at least 46 seats, while holding a razor-thin lead in the undecided riding of Surrey-Guildford amid an ongoing count of absentee ballots.

There are 93 seats in the legislature and if the NDP’s lead holds in Surrey-Guildford, it will have enough for the barest majority of 47 seats.

The NDP overtook the Conservatives’ 12-vote lead in Surrey-Guildford as the count unfolded, and a mid-afternoon update from Elections BC had the NDP in front by 18 votes.

However, an automatic judicial recount is possible, depending on the final size of the margin.

The B.C. Conservatives have been elected in 44 seats, while the Green Party won two seats, in an election that came down to a count of about 22,000 absentee ballots on Monday, nine days after the Oct. 19 vote.

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