The preliminary results for the four Richmond ridings in the 43rd B.C. General Election are in and two ridings appear to have turned blue.
The Conservative Party of BC has secured victories in three of Richmond's four ridings — Richmond Centre, Richmond-Bridgeport, and Richmond-Queensborough — while the BC NDP appears to have claimed the win in Richmond-Steveston.
Mail-in ballots are still to be counted, and it's expected they will be done by Oct. 26.
Provincially, the battle for the most seats was flipping between the BC NDP and the Conservative Party of BC throughout the night.
As of 11:45 p.m. on Oct. 19, the BC NDP was projected the winner or leading in 46 seats and the Conservatives in 45 seats. The Greens were expected to take two ridings.
To have a majority government, a party must hold 47 seats in the provincial legislature.
There were still a handful of tight races at the end of the night. And in one riding, Juan de Fuca-Malahat, the two main candidates were separated by just 25 votes.
This provincial election was marked by concerns over public safety, housing and affordability, as well as the suspension of BC United’s campaign in late August.
In Richmond-Bridgeport, BC Conservative candidate Teresa Wat achieved re-election with 9,642 votes and a 58.4-per-cent share in the riding, followed by BC NDP candidate Linda Li with 5,716 votes, a 34.6-per-cent share.
Newcomer Tamás Revóczi from the BC Green Party came in third, with 526 votes and a 3.2-per-cent share in the riding, followed by Glynnis Chan with 512 votes and 3.1 per cent, and Charlie Smith with 121 votes, 0.7 per cent.
In Richmond Centre, BC Conservative Hon Chan clinched the seat with 8,208 votes, which was 52.2 per cent of ballots case, followed by BC NDP incumbent MLA Henry Yao, who wasn't re-elected. He got 5,739 votes or 36.5 per cent.
Independent candidate Wendy Yuan was third with 998 votes (6.4 per cent), followed by Dickens Cheung with 536 votes (3.4 per cent), and Sunny Ho with 233 votes (1.5 per cent).
In Richmond-Queensborough, things were slightly tighter at the top, but, in the end, BC Conservative candidate Steve Kooner was elected with 9,864 votes and a share of 51.2 per cent of the riding. Incumbent BC NDP MLA Aman Singh got 8,442 votes and a share of 43.8 per cent of the riding.
Independent candidate Cindy Wu managed to secure 707 votes at 3.7 per cent, and Errol Povah secured 252 votes at 1.3 per cent.
In Richmond-Steveston, Kelly Greene, incumbent BC NDP MLA, seems to have secured her seat, beating her main rival Michelle Mollineaux with the BC Conservatives.
Greene got 10,012 votes, or 44.18 per cent, while Mollineaux got 9,578 votes, or 42.27 per cent.
Jackie Lee, the former BC United candidate who ran as an independent, secured 10.12 per cent of the vote, with 2,293 ballots cast in his favour.
Green candidate Elodie Vaudandaine received 778 votes, or 3.43 per cent.
A total of 54 voting places were set up for the 2024 B.C. General Elections in Richmond, which included 44 general voting and 10 advance voting day sites.
Richmond saw 74,157 voters come out to the advance voting and final voting days in this election.
The city saw an estimated 24 per cent voter turnout at advance polls with about 14,000 more than in the 2020 election.
This number is slightly below the 28 per cent overall of B.C. voters who went to the advance polls for this year's election.
Richmond-Bridgeport
19 of 19 in-person voting boxes counted
| Name of Candidate | Party | Votes |
| Glynnis Hoi Sum Chan | Independent | 512 |
| Linda Li | BC NDP | 5,716 |
| Tamás Revóczi | BC Green Party | 526 |
| Charlie Smith | Independent | 121 |
| Teresa Wat | Conservative Party | 9,642 |
Richmond Centre
16 of 16 in-person voting boxes counted
| Name of Candidate | Party | Votes |
| Hon Chan | Conservative Party | 8,208 |
| Dickens Cheung | Independent | 536 |
| Sunny Ho | Independent | 233 |
| Henry Yao | BC NDP | 5,738 |
| Wendy Yuan | Unaffiliated | 998 |
Richmond-Queensborough
19 of 19 in-person voting boxes counted
| Name of Candidate | Party | Votes |
| Steve Kooner | Conservative Party | 9,864 |
| Errol E. Povah | Independent | 252 |
| Aman Singh | BC NDP | 8,442 |
| Cindy Wu | Independent | 707 |
Richmond-Steveston
20 of 20 in-person voting boxes counted
| Name of Candidate | Party | Votes |
| Kelly Greene | BC NDP | 10,012 |
| Jackie Lee | Unaffiliated | 2,293 |
| Michelle Mollineaux | Conservative Party | 9,578 |
| Elodie Vaudandaine | BC Green Party | 778 |
- with files from Adam Campbell and Maria Rantanen
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