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Preliminary data shows more than 50% of Burnaby residents voted in 2024 B.C. election

Elections BC said its projected numbers showed 57.43 per cent of British Columbians cast a ballot.
Jess Balzer
Jess Balzer
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Preliminary data from Elections BC shows more than 50% of Burnaby residents cast a ballot during the provincial election.Lauren Vanderdeen

Preliminary data from Elections BC indicates more than half of registered Burnaby voters cast a ballot during Saturday's, Oct. 19, provincial election.

Initial results show 87,615 out of 172,568 residents participated — equating to 51 per cent. 

That's less than the projected 57.43 per cent of all eligible British Columbians that voted in the 2024 election.

A detailed voter turnout breakdown is as follows: 

Burnaby Centre

  • Ballots cast - 16,534
  • Registered voters - 33,830
  • Percentage: 49 per cent

Burnaby East

  • Ballots cast - 19,541
  • Registered voters - 36,355
  • Percentage - 54 per cent

Burnaby-New Westminster

  • Ballots cast - 17,167
  • Registered voters - 34,301
  • Percentage - 50 per cent

Burnaby North

  • Ballots cast - 19,554
  • Registered voters - 37,3013
  • Percentage - 52 per cent

Burnaby South-Metrotown

  • Ballots cast - 14,819
  • Registered voters - 31,039
  • Percentage - 48 per cent

There was an orange crush in Burnaby, with all five ridings going to the BC NDP, including three incumbents and two first time MLAs. 

Janet Routledge (Burnaby North) will be serving her fourth term while Anne Kang (Burnaby Centre) will be serving her third term.

Raj Chouhan, Burnaby's longest current serving MLA, was elected to his sixth term.

Both running for the first time, Reah Arora and Paul Choi are projected to represent Burnaby East and Burnaby South-Metrotown respectively. 

Initial count results are as follows, per Elections BC: 

Burnaby Centre

  • Anne Kang - BC NDP - 9,413 votes (56.93 per cent) 
  • Dharam Kajal - Conservative Party of BC - 7,121 (43.07 per cent)
    • All ballot boxes reported

Burnaby East

  • Reah Arora - BC NDP - 10,060 votes (51.48 per cent)
  • Simon Chandler - Conservative Party of BC - 7,991 votes (40.89 per cent)
  • Tarah Shustarian - BC Green Party - 1,490 votes (7.62 per cent)
    • All ballot boxes reported

Burnaby-New Westminster

  • Raj Chouhan - BC NDP - 10,260 votes (59.77 per cent) 
  • Deepak Suri - Conservative Party of BC - 5,985 votes (34.86 per cent) 
  • Daniel Kofi Ampong - 922 votes (5.37 per cent) 
    • All ballot boxes reported

Burnaby North

  • Janet Routledge - BC NDP - 10,359 (52.98 per cent)
  • Michael Wu - Conservative Party of BC - (43.26 per cent)
  • Martin Kendell - Independent - 736 votes (3.76 per cent)
    • All ballot boxes reported

Burnaby South-Metrotown

  • Paul Choi - BC NDP - 7,295 votes (49.23 per cent)
  • Han Lee - Conservative Party of BC - 6.189 (41.76 per cent)
  • Carrie McLaren - BC Green Party - 923 votes (6.21 per cent)
  • Meiling Chia - Unaffiliated - 275 votes (1.86 per cent)
  • MichaelAngelo Abc RobinHood - Independent - 140 votes (0.94 per cent)
    • All ballot boxes reported

Elections BC says the final count will begin on Saturday, Oct. 26.