During the first four days of advance voting, thousands of Burnaby residents decided to cast their ballots early.
Elections BC says, province-wide, the first day of advance voting saw 171,381 total votes, which beat the previous record of 126,491 during the 2017 election.
Yesterday 171,381 voters voted on the first day of advance voting. This is the most votes ever on an advance voting day in a BC election, beating the previous record of 126,491 in 2017. More details here https://t.co/Ztg2vaUDL4 #bcpoli
— Elections BC (@ElectionsBC) October 11, 2024
Burnaby's five ridings saw the following numbers (in alphabetical order by district):
- Burnaby Centre
- Oct. 10 - 1,026
- Oct. 11 - 1,277
- Oct. 12 - 995
- Oct. 13 - 972
- Total - 4,270
- Burnaby East
- Oct. 10 - 1,483
- Oct. 11 - 1,291
- Oct. 12 - 1,287
- Oct. 13 - 1,305
- Total - 5,366
- Burnaby-New Westminster
- Oct. 10 - 1,710
- Oct. 11 - 1,470
- Oct. 12 - 1,516
- Oct. 13 - 1,292
- Total - 5,988
- Burnaby North
- Oct. 10 - 1,636
- Oct. 11 - 1,378
- Oct. 12 - 1,529
- Oct. 13 - 1,467
- Total - 6,010
- Burnaby South-Metrotown
- Oct. 10 - 1,109
- Oct. 11 - 983
- Oct. 12 - 1,032
- Oct. 13 - 1,022
- Total - 4,146
No advance voting took place on Monday, Oct. 14, due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
The NOW has created a complete Burnaby voting guide including where to vote, how to vote, identification needed to vote and much more.
General election day is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 19.
