VANCOUVER — In the last election in Surrey-Panorama, Jinny Sims of the NDP took 50.85 per cent of the vote, defeating Puneet Sandhar of the BC Liberal Party by a margin of 8.99 percentage points.
Sims is up for re-election this year. Sandhar, however, is not running again.
Gulzar Cheema is running for the BC Liberal Party.
Also in the race is Sophie Shrestha for the BC Vision party.
The Surrey-Panorama riding is located in Metro Vancouver.
There are 43,314 registered voters in the riding, compared to 39,701 in the last election.
As of Oct. 20, 8,130 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.
The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 61.04 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. Sims, Jinny
Affiliation: NDP
Total valid votes: 12,227
Vote share: 50.85 per cent
2. Sandhar, Puneet
Affiliation: BC Liberal Party
Total valid votes: 10,064
Vote share: 41.86 per cent
3. Greer, Veronica Laurel
Affiliation: Green party
Total valid votes: 1,620
Vote share: 6.74 per cent
4. Galenzoski, Liz
Affiliation: BC Refederation party
Total valid votes: 132
Vote share: 0.55 per cent
Previous riding statistics at a glance:
Total registered voters: 39,701
Total registered voters who voted: 24,235
Voter turnout: 61.04 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