Updated at 10:30 p.m.
Liberal Parm Bains continues to hold a tight lead in Richmond East-Steveston as a Liberal government has been re-elected in Canada.
With 193 out of 216 polls reported by Elections Canada, Bains has 22,049 (48.3 per cent) votes at 10:30 p.m., while Conservative candidate Zach Segal has 21,239 (46.5 per cent) votes.
Keefer Pelech, the NDP candidate, has 1,944 votes and Steven Ji, running for the Green Party of Canada, has 439 votes.
To get a majority government, a party needs to win 172 seats across Canada. It appears the Liberals have won about 165 seats.
In Richmond Centre-Marpole, Conservative candidate Chak Au, a current Richmond city councillor, appears to be ahead of incumbent Liberal Wilson Miao.
According to Elections Canada, preliminary numbers show 19,070 voters cast a ballot in advance polls in Richmond East-Steveston over the Easter long weekend. This was almost 23 per cent of registered voters.
Across Canada, 7.3 million people voted in advance polls.
In Richmond East-Steveston, there are 83,489 registered voters. The total population is 116,141.
In the 2021 election, both Richmond ridings flipped from blue to red. Bains beat Conservative incumbent Kenny Chiu in Steveston-Richmond East and Wilson Miao beat Alice Wong in Richmond Centre.
More to come...
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