VANCOUVER — In the last election in Burnaby-Lougheed, Katrina Chen of the NDP took 48.06 per cent of the vote, defeating Steve Darling of the BC Liberal Party by a margin of 11.10 percentage points.

Chen, who served as the minister of state for child care, is up for re-election this year. Darling, however, is not running again.

Andrew Williamson is the candidate for the Green party and Tariq Malik is running for the BC Liberal Party.

Also in the race is Dominique Paynter for the Libertarian party.

The Burnaby-Lougheed riding is located in Metro Vancouver.

There are 39,349 registered voters in the riding, compared to 37,641 in the last election.

As of Oct. 20, 8,530 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.

The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 60.81 per cent, compared to 61.18 per cent provincewide.

At dissolution, the NDP held 41 seats, the BC Liberal Party had 41 seats and the Green party two seats. Two seats were held by Independents and one seat was vacant.

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Last election statistics at a glance: 

Previous candidates (in order of rank):

1. Chen, Katrina

Affiliation: NDP

Total valid votes: 10,911

Vote share: 48.06 per cent

2. Darling, Steve

Affiliation: BC Liberal Party

Total valid votes: 8,391

Vote share: 36.96 per cent

3. Keithley, Joe

Affiliation: Green party

Total valid votes: 3,127

Vote share: 13.77 per cent

4. Gung, Sylvia

Affiliation: Independent

Total valid votes: 145

Vote share: 0.64 per cent

5. Murarka, Neeraj

Affiliation: Libertarian party

Total valid votes: 129

Vote share: 0.57 per cent

Previous riding statistics at a glance: 

Total registered voters: 37,641

Total registered voters who voted: 22,891

Voter turnout: 60.81 per cent

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 21, 2020 and was generated automatically.

Digital Data Desk, The Canadian Press