VANCOUVER — In the last election in Delta North, Ravi Kahlon of the NDP took 48.83 per cent of the vote, defeating Scott Hamilton of the BC Liberal Party by a margin of 9.14 percentage points.
Kahlon is up for re-election this year. Hamilton, however, is not running again.
Jet Sunner is the candidate for the BC Liberal Party and Neema Manral is running for the Green party.
The Delta North riding is located in Vancouver.
There are 37,998 registered voters in the riding, compared to 36,319 in the last election.
As of Oct. 20, 6,967 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.
The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 64.99 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. Kahlon, Ravi
Affiliation: NDP
Total valid votes: 11,465
Vote share: 48.83 per cent
2. Hamilton, Scott
Affiliation: BC Liberal Party
Total valid votes: 9,319
Vote share: 39.69 per cent
3. Miller, Jacquie
Affiliation: Green party
Total valid votes: 2,697
Vote share: 11.49 per cent
Previous riding statistics at a glance:
Total registered voters: 36,319
Total registered voters who voted: 23,604
Voter turnout: 64.99 per cent
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 21, 2020 and was generated automatically.
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Digital Data Desk, The Canadian Press