VANCOUVER — It was a landslide victory in the last election in Richmond North Centre when Teresa Wat of the BC Liberal Party took 52.48 per cent of the vote, defeating Lyren Chiu of the NDP by a margin of 18.44 percentage points.

Wat is up for re-election this year. Chiu, however, is not running again.

Jaeden Dela Torre is the candidate for the NDP and Vernon Wang is running for the Green party.

The Richmond North Centre riding is located in Metro Vancouver.

There are 37,190 registered voters in the riding, compared to 31,695 in the last election.

As of Oct. 20, 6,658 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.

The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 48.06 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. Wat, Teresa

Affiliation: BC Liberal Party

Total valid votes: 7,916

Vote share: 52.48 per cent

2. Chiu, Lyren

Affiliation: NDP

Total valid votes: 5,135

Vote share: 34.04 per cent

3. Marciniw, Ryan Kemp

Affiliation: Green party

Total valid votes: 1,579

Vote share: 10.47 per cent

4. Pan, Dong

Affiliation: Independent

Total valid votes: 336

Vote share: 2.23 per cent

5. Crocock, John

Affiliation: BC Action Party

Total valid votes: 117

Vote share: 0.78 per cent

Previous riding statistics at a glance: 

Total registered voters: 31,695

Total registered voters who voted: 15,232

Voter turnout: 48.06 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