(Victoria, BC) - The Conservatives led in 64 electoral districts in Elections BC’s preliminary tally after the October 24 provincial election, compared with 27 for the NDP and two for the Greens.

The results page showed 99.57 per cent of ballot boxes reporting. Its party totals put the Conservatives at 48.05 per cent of votes, the NDP at 37.38 per cent and the Greens at 10.97 per cent.

Counting remains unfinished

These are district leads in the initial count, not certified final results. Elections BC lists November 6 for the final count.

The agency says mail ballots, assisted telephone votes and certain absentee ballots are counted later, following additional eligibility and duplicate-voting checks.

The displayed tally was labelled October 25 at 01:49 PST. Readers can consult the official results page for subsequent changes.

Sources: Elections BC preliminary results; Elections BC election-date confirmation.

Editorial illustration of ballot counting in British Columbia; not a photograph of election workers or ballots.