More than 25 per cent of registered voters in Surrey and White Rock cast their ballots during the advancing voting for the provincial election.
British Columbians hit a new record with one million votes during the six days of advance voting, Elections BC says.
In total, 1,001,331 British Columbians voted Oct. 10 to 16 – the most ever in an advance voting period.
In the 10 Surrey and White Rock ridings, 93,152 of the 356,140 voters registered by Oct. 7 (26 per cent) cast their ballots in advance. As of Oct. 7, Elections BC says there are 356,140 registered voters in Surrey and White Rock.
Among Surrey's ridings, advance voter turnout was highest in Surrey-White Rock (32.4 per cent) and Surrey-Cloverdale (31.1 per cent), and lowest in Surrey North (21 per cent) and Surrey City Centre (21.9 per cent).
In 2020, about 64,026 (18 per cent) voted in advance. The last provincial election was also during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and many voters decided to vote by mail-in ballot. In Surrey and White Rock, 68,396 residents had been issued mail-in ballots. That’s about 19 per cent of the 356,896 registered voters.
Final voting day this election is on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Those eligible to vote can also register in person on election day. Registration information and more is at elections.bc.ca/2024-provincial-election.
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Surrey City Centre
- Ryan Abbott, Communist Party of BC
- Colin Boyd, BC Green Party
- Saeed Naguib, independent
- Amna Shah, BC NDP
- Zeeshan Wahla, Conservative Party of BC
Surrey-Cloverdale
- Pat McCutcheon, BC Green Party
- Judy Meilleur, Freedom Party of BC
- Mike Starchuk, BC NDP
- Elenore Sturko, Conservative Party
Surrey-Fleetwood
- Tim Binnema, BC Green Party
- Jagrup Brar, BC NDP (incumbent)
- Avtar Gill, Conservative Party
Surrey-Guildford
- Gary Begg, BC NDP (incumbent)
- Kabir Qurban, Independent
- Honveer Singh Randhawa, Conservative Party
- Manjeet Singh Sahota, BC Green Party
Surrey-Newton
- Tegjot Bal, Conservative Party
- Amrit Birring, Freedom Party of BC
- Japreet Lehal, unaffiliated
- Joginder Singh Randhawa, independent
- Jessie Sunner, BC NDP
Surrey North
- Mandeep Dhaliwal, Conservative Party
- Kiran Hundal, Freedom Party of BC
- Hobby Nijjar, independent
- Sim Sandhu, BC Green Party
- Rachna Singh, BC NDP
Surrey-Panorama
- Paramjit Rai, Freedom Party of B.C.
- Jinny Sims, B.C. NDP (incumbent)
- Bryan Tepper, Conservative Party
Surrey-Serpentine River
- Baltej Singh Dhillon, BC NDP
- Linda Hepner, Conservative Party
- Jim McMurtry, independent
Surrey South
- Brent Chapman, Conservative Party
- Haroon Ghaffar, BC NDP
Surrey-White Rock
- Trevor Halford, Conservative Party
- Damyn Tassie, Libertarian
- Darryl Walker, BC NDP
-With files from Lauren Collins
