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The British Columbia General Election
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At 8 p.m. local time today (04:00 UTC 18 May), the polls closed in the British Columbia general election, 2005 . Results are still coming in, and no party has won an overall majority in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia yet. At 9:05 p.m. PST (5:05 a.m. UTC 18 May) the CBC called the election for the BC Liberals.
Held in conjunction with the general election was the British Columbia electoral reform referendum, 2005 , where voters were asked to decide whether to switch from the First Past the Post electoral system to the Single Transferable Vote electoral system.
A 60% Yes vote as well as a simple majority in 48 of the 79 ridings are needed for the measure to pass.
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STV referendum results
"Should British Columbia change to the BC-STV electoral system as recommended by the Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform? "
Overall
Individual district majorities
Votes
Percentage
Districts
Percentage
Yes
926,110
57.38%
77
97.5%
No
687,950
42.62%
2
2.5%
Total seats for each party
Results by constituency
Northern British Columbia
Okanagan and Shuswap
Thompson and Cariboo
ID
Constituency
Winner
Second place
Notes
9
Cariboo North New Democratic (47.15%)
Liberal (45.80%)
Bob Simpson
10
Cariboo South New Democratic (45.61%)
Liberal (45.61%)
Charlie Wyse
22
Kamloops Liberal (47.88%)
New Democratic (41.55%)
Claude Harry Richmond
23
Kamloops-North Thompson Liberal (48.40%)
New Democratic (40.07%)
Kevin Krueger
79
Yale-Lillooet New Democratic (48.62%)
Liberal (40.45%)
Harry Lali
Fraser Valley
Surrey
Richmond and Delta
ID
Constituency
Winner
Second place
Notes
17
Delta North New Democratic (47.39%)
Liberal (43.06%)
Guy Gentner
18
Delta South Liberal (38.78%)
Independent (33.81%)
Valerie Roddick
50
Richmond Centre Liberal (59.76%)
New Democratic (31.99%)
Olga Ilich
51
Richmond East Liberal (57.28%)
New Democratic (32.82%)
Linda Reid
52
Richmond-Steveston Liberal (58.6%)
New Democratic (31.75%)
John Yap
Vancouver
North Shore and Sunshine Coast
Vancouver Island
ID
Constituency
Winner
Second place
Notes
3
Alberni-Qualicum New Democratic (55.37%)
Liberal (33.69%)
Scott Fraser
14
Comox Valley Liberal (45.78%)
New Democratic (43.24%)
Stan Hagen
16
Cowichan-Ladysmith New Democratic (49.51%)
Liberal (40.77%)
Doug Routley
30
Nanaimo New Democratic (51.61%)
Liberal (34.29%)
Leonard Krog
31
Nanaimo-Parksville Liberal (51.4%)
New Democratic (38.34%)
Ron Cantelon
35
North Island New Democratic (48.8%)
Liberal (36.38%)
Claire Trevena
Greater Victoria
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