VANCOUVER — It was a landslide victory in the last election in Surrey-Newton when Harry Bains of the NDP took 57.31 per cent of the vote, defeating Gurminder Singh Parihar of the BC Liberal Party by a margin of 27.32 percentage points.

Bains, who served as the minister of labour, is up for re-election this year. Parihar, however, is not running again.

Asad Syed is the candidate for the Green party and Paul Boparai is running for the BC Liberal Party.

The Surrey-Newton riding is located in Metro Vancouver.

There are 29,660 registered voters in the riding, compared to 29,442 in the last election.

As of Oct. 20, 4,666 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.

The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 58.14 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. Bains, Harry

Affiliation: NDP

Total valid votes: 9,744

Vote share: 57.31 per cent

2. Parihar, Gurminder Singh

Affiliation: BC Liberal Party

Total valid votes: 5,099

Vote share: 29.99 per cent

3. Krieger, Richard

Affiliation: Green party

Total valid votes: 1,172

Vote share: 6.89 per cent

4. Bal, Balpreet Singh

Affiliation: Independent

Total valid votes: 988

Vote share: 5.81 per cent

Previous riding statistics at a glance: 

Total registered voters: 29,442

Total registered voters who voted: 17,117

Voter turnout: 58.14 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