VICTORIA, B.C. – Elections BC estimates that at least 52.4 percent of registered voters voted in the 2020 Provincial General Election.
Over 670,300 voters voted in their electoral district during the advance voting period, and 546,800 voters voted on Election Day at their assigned voting place.
According to Elections B.C., an estimated 85,000 certification envelopes containing absentee ballots will be considered for final count. These ballots were cast at absentee voting opportunities during advance voting, on Election Day, and throughout the campaign period.
As of October 24, Elections B.C. says it had received approximately 525,000 mail-in ballots, though this figure does not include mail-in ballots returned by voters in-person to voting places or district electoral offices before the deadline on October 24.
In the 2017 Provincial General Election, 61.18 percent of registered voters voted, and there were 1,986,374 valid votes.
In the Peace River ridings, voter turnout was much lower when compared to 2017.
Elections B.C. says it will publish an updated figure for voter turnout once more accurate figures are available.
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