Overview
- The B.C. Conservative Party, led by Lorne Doerkson, captured a majority and Doerkson became premier after Saturday’s vote, according to preliminary counts.
- Preliminary figures from Elections BC show turnout at about 48 per cent, the first provincial election in which fewer than half of eligible voters cast a ballot.
- The NDP’s raw vote total plunged by roughly 274,000 compared with 2024 while the Conservatives also lost about 49,000 votes; the Green Party increased its vote share.
- Final results remain provisional because Elections BC is completing hand counts of election-day ballots and a scheduled two-week verification of mail-in and absentee ballots.
- Analysts say the snap election call on Sept. 22 and voter fatigue likely depressed NDP turnout, a dynamic that contrasts with relatively stronger recent municipal voting and may weaken the new government's governing mandate.