VANCOUVER — In the last election in Surrey-Cloverdale, Marvin Hunt of the BC Liberal Party took 47.67 per cent of the vote, defeating Rebecca Smith of the NDP by a margin of 8.81 percentage points.

Hunt is up for re-election this year. Smith is running as well.

Aisha Bali is the candidate for the Conservative party and Mike Starchuk is running for the NDP.

Marcella Williams is running as an Independent.

The Surrey-Cloverdale riding is located in Metro Vancouver.

There are 45,193 registered voters in the riding, compared to 40,828 in the last election.

As of Oct. 20, 10,196 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.

The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 61.84 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. Hunt, Marvin

Affiliation: BC Liberal Party

Total valid votes: 11,948

Vote share: 47.67 per cent

2. Smith, Rebecca

Affiliation: NDP

Total valid votes: 9,738

Vote share: 38.86 per cent

3. Muniak, Aleksandra

Affiliation: Green party

Total valid votes: 3,100

Vote share: 12.37 per cent

4. Poelstra, Peter

Affiliation: Libertarian party

Total valid votes: 276

Vote share: 1.10 per cent

Previous riding statistics at a glance: 

Total registered voters: 40,828

Total registered voters who voted: 25,246

Voter turnout: 61.84 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