VANCOUVER — In the last election in Richmond South Centre, Linda Reid of the BC Liberal Party took 48.72 per cent of the vote, defeating Chak Au of the NDP by a margin of 8.44 percentage points.

Reid isn't seeking re-election this year. Au is not running again either.

Alexa Loo is the candidate for the BC Liberal Party and Henry Yao is running for the NDP.

The Richmond South Centre riding is located in Metro Vancouver.

There are 33,522 registered voters in the riding, compared to 30,753 in the last election.

As of Oct. 20, 5,925 vote-by-mail packages had been issued to registered voters.

The previous voter turnout rate in the riding was 46.7 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. Reid, Linda

Affiliation: BC Liberal Party

Total valid votes: 6,914

Vote share: 48.72 per cent

2. Au, Chak

Affiliation: NDP

Total valid votes: 5,716

Vote share: 40.28 per cent

3. Powell, Greg

Affiliation: Green party

Total valid votes: 1,561

Vote share: 11.00 per cent

Previous riding statistics at a glance: 

Total registered voters: 30,753

Total registered voters who voted: 14,362

Voter turnout: 46.7 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