Mail-in ballots for the recent provincial election continue to be counted at elections offices, with preliminary numbers showing they account for almost 40 per cent of ballots in some Richmond ridings.
In the most precarious riding, Richmond South Centre, where the two candidates were separated by only 124 votes on election night - with the NDP candidate holding the lead - 5,039 mail-in ballots have been counted so far, according to numbers released Monday. This represents 38 per cent of all ballots.
The highest number of ballots mailed in – as tabulated by Elections BC so far – is in Richmond-Steveston where 8,090 mail-in ballots have been received, comprising almost 39 per cent of all ballots so far.
On election night, winners in three of four Richmond ridings were projected by media outlets – Teresa Wat (BC Liberal) in Richmond North Centre, Aman Singh (NDP) in Richmond-Queensborough and Kelly Greene (NDP) in Richmond-Steveston.
The BC Liberals were projected to lose about 12 seats, and the NDP was projected to win a majority government with 55 seats.
Elections BC sent out more than 700,000 mail-in ballot packages, and so far, across the province, they've counted more than 644,000.
Mail-in ballots received as of Nov. 2 (percentage of total)
Richmond North Centre: 5,405 (37.6 per cent)
Richmond-Queensborough: 5,756 (29.8 per cent)
Richmond South Centre: 5,039 (38 per cent)
Richmond-Steveston: 8,090 (38.9 per cent)
