2020 British Columbia general election

2020 British Columbia general election
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87 seats in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
44 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout54.50%[2] Decrease 6.7 pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader John Horgan Andrew Wilkinson Sonia Furstenau
Party New Democratic Liberal Green
Leader since May 4, 2014 February 3, 2018 September 14, 2020
Leader's seat Langford-Juan de Fuca Vancouver-Quilchena Cowichan Valley
Last election 41 seats, 40.29% 43 seats, 40.37% 3 seats, 16.83%
Seats before 41 41 2
Seats won 57 28 2
Seat change Increase 16 Decrease 13 Steady
Popular vote 898,384 636,148 284,151
Percentage 47.69% 33.77% 15.09%
Swing Increase 7.32 pp Decrease 6.52 pp Decrease 1.74 pp
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details.
Summary of the 2020 British Columbia general election
Premier before election

John Horgan
New Democratic

Premier after election

John Horgan
New Democratic

The 2020 British Columbia general election was held on October 24, 2020, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly to serve in the 42nd parliament of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The incumbent New Democratic Party of British Columbia (BC NDP) won a majority government, making John Horgan the first leader in the history of the BC NDP to win a second consecutive term as premier.[3] The incoming Legislature marked the first time the NDP commanded an outright majority government in BC since the 1996 election, as well as the first province-wide popular vote win for the party since 1991.

Horgan called a snap election on September 21, 2020, the first early election in the province since the 1986 election. Horgan argued the call for an election a year before it was due was necessary because he was governing with a minority of seats in the Legislative Assembly. His decision was criticized by both the NDP's confidence and supply partner, the British Columbia Green Party, and the province's Official Opposition, the British Columbia Liberal Party, as opportunistic.

Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson resigned two days after the election but remained as leader until November 23.[4]

  1. ^ "2020 Provincial General Election Preliminary Final Voting Results". Elections BC. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  2. ^ "42nd General Election – Voting Stats Infograhpic" (PDF). Elections BC. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 3, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  3. ^ "B.C. NDP will form decisive majority government, CBC News projects | CBC News". CBC. Archived from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  4. ^ Ross, Andrea (October 26, 2020). "Andrew Wilkinson resigning as BC Liberal leader after worst party showing in decades". CBC News. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2020.