VANCOUVER — It was a landslide victory in the last election in Surrey-Green Timbers when Rachna Singh of the NDP took 58.29 per cent of the vote, defeating Brenda Joy Locke of the BC Liberal Party by a margin of 25.34 percentage points.

Singh is up for re-election this year. Locke, however, is not running again.

Dilraj Atwal is running for the BC Liberal Party.

The Surrey-Green Timbers riding is located in Metro Vancouver.

There are 29,258 registered voters in the riding, compared to 28,400 in the last election.

As of Oct. 20, 4,084 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.

The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 54.61 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. Singh, Rachna

Affiliation: NDP

Total valid votes: 8,945

Vote share: 58.29 per cent

2. Locke, Brenda Joy

Affiliation: BC Liberal Party

Total valid votes: 5,056

Vote share: 32.95 per cent

3. Aujla, Saira

Affiliation: Green party

Total valid votes: 1,112

Vote share: 7.25 per cent

4. Bajwa, Vikram

Affiliation: Independent

Total valid votes: 163

Vote share: 1.06 per cent

5. Moti, Kanwaljit Singh

Affiliation: Your Political Party of British Columbia

Total valid votes: 69

Vote share: 0.45 per cent

Previous riding statistics at a glance: 

Total registered voters: 28,400

Total registered voters who voted: 15,508

Voter turnout: 54.61 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