2020 British Columbia general election information
Provincial election in Canada
2020 British Columbia general election
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October 24, 2020 (2020-10-24)
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87 seats in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 44 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout
54.50%[2] 6.7 pp
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
John Horgan
Andrew Wilkinson
Sonia Furstenau
Party
New Democratic
Liberal
Green
Leader since
May 4, 2014
February 3, 2018
September 14, 2020
Leader's seat
Langford-Juan de Fuca
Vancouver-Quilchena
Cowichan Valley
Last election
41 seats, 40.29%
43 seats, 40.37%
3 seats, 16.83%
Seats before
41
41
2
Seats won
57
28
2
Seat change
16
13
Popular vote
898,384
636,148
284,151
Percentage
47.69%
33.77%
15.09%
Swing
7.32 pp
6.52 pp
1.74 pp
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details.
Summary of the 2020 British Columbia general election
Premier before election
John Horgan
New Democratic
Premier after election
John Horgan
New Democratic
The 2020 British Columbia general election was held on October 24, 2020, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly to serve in the 42nd parliament of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The incumbent New Democratic Party of British Columbia (BC NDP) won a majority government, making John Horgan the first leader in the history of the BC NDP to win a second consecutive term as premier.[3] The incoming Legislature marked the first time the NDP commanded an outright majority government in BC since the 1996 election, as well as the first province-wide popular vote win for the party since 1991.
Horgan called a snap election on September 21, 2020, the first early election in the province since the 1986 election. Horgan portrayed the call for an early election as required for stability given the fact that the BC NDP was governing with a minority of seats in the Legislative Assembly, but his decision was criticized by both the NDP's confidence and supply partner, the British Columbia Green Party, and the province's Official Opposition, the British Columbia Liberal Party, as opportunistic.
Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson resigned two days after the election, but remained as leader until November 23.[4]
^"2020 Provincial General Election Preliminary Final Voting Results". Elections BC. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
^"42nd General Election – Voting Stats Infograhpic" (PDF). Elections BC. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 3, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
^"B.C. NDP will form decisive majority government, CBC News projects | CBC News". CBC. Archived from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
^Ross, Andrea (October 26, 2020). "Andrew Wilkinson resigning as BC Liberal leader after worst party showing in decades". CBC News. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
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