The B.C. Conservatives have secured another seat after the final vote results for this fall’s provincial election, flipping a Burnaby riding from the NDP.
Elections B.C. put the final count at 64 seats for the Conservatives, 27 for the NDP, and 2 seats for the Greens.
Conservative David Xie narrowly defeated NDP incumbent Paul Choi in the Burnaby South-Metrotown riding, winning by 64 votes after a recount.
The final count for all 93 ridings was reported Monday, including mail-in and absentee ballots.
Elections B.C. said two other ridings have met the threshold for automatic judicial recounts.
The Conservative’s Kristina Loewen lead by 43 votes in the Kelowna-Centre riding, ahead of the NDP’s Loyal Wooldridge.
In Ladysmith-Oceanside, NDP incumbent Stephanie Higginson won by 50 votes over Conservative candidate Kris McNichol.
The deadline for applications for a judicial recount is Nov. 16.
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