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All 42 British Columbian seats in the House of Commons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 3,713,048 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 2,279,961 (61.4%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the 2021 Canadian federal election, 42 members of parliament were elected to the House of Commons from the province of British Columbia (12.4% of all members). British Columbia had a voter turnout of 61.4% with 2,279,961 ballots cast, making up 13.2% of the total national voter turnout. [1]
The Liberal Party managed to win the most seats, taking 15 ridings, a gain of 4 seats from the last election. Despite this they came in third place in the popular vote, with 26.2%. The Conservative Party won the popular vote, with 33.1%, a slight reduction compared to 2019. They won 13 seats, a loss of 4 from the last election. The NDP increased their votes and seat count. Coming in second with the popular vote, with 29.3%, and winning 13 seats, a tie with the Conservatives and a gain of 2 from 2019.
The Green party lost half their seats, being reduced to one. Their popular vote fell to 5.4%. The People's Party still won no seats, but grew their support to 4.9% of the vote.
Independent Jody Wilson Raybold did not run for re-election and her seat was won by the Liberals.
The Animal Protection Party, Canada's Fourth Front, the Christian Heritage Party, the Communist Party, the Libertarian Party, the Marxist-Leninist Party, the Maverick Party and the Rhino Party, all ran at least one candidate in British Columbia in this election. [2]
| Party | Votes [3] | Vote % [4] | Vote +/- | Seats | Seat +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | 608,588 |  0.7pp | 15 / 42 (36%) | 4 | ||
| Conservative | 750,394 |  0.9pp | 13 / 42 (31%) | 4 | ||
| New Democratic | 664,054 | 4.9pp | 13 / 42 (31%) | 2 | ||
| Green | 121,919 | 7.1pp | 1 / 42 (2%) | 1 | ||
| People's | 110,523 | 3.2pp | 0 / 42 (0%) |  0 | ||
| Other | 6,668 | 0.0pp | 0 / 42 (0%) | 0 | ||
| Independent | 2,439 | 0.8pp | 0 / 42 (0%) | 1 | ||
| Total | 2,264,585 | – | 42 / 42 (100%) | – | ||
Seat apportionment diagram: | ||||||
| Statistic | BC | Natl. | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 4,648,055 | 35,151,728 | 13.22 |
| Electors | 3,713,048 | 27,509,496 | 13.50 |
| Valid ballots | 2,264,585 | 17,034,243 | 13.29 |
| Rejected ballots | 15,376 | 175,568 | 8.76 |
| Total ballots | 2,279,961 | 17,209,811 | 13.23 |
| Statistic | BC | Natl. avg. | diff. |
| Valid ballot % | 99.3 | 99.0 | +0.3 |
| Rejected ballot % | 0.7 | 1.0 | -0.3 |
| Voter turnout % | 61.4 | 62.6 | -1.2 |
| Party | Popular vote % [4] | Seats in caucus | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BC | Natl. avg. | diff. | |||
| Liberal | 26.87 | 32.62 | -5.75 | 15 / 160 (9%) | |
| Conservative | 33.14 | 33.74 | -0.60 | 13 / 119 (11%) | |
| New Democratic | 29.32 | 17.82 | +11.50 | 13 / 25 (52%) | |
| Green | 5.38 | 2.33 | +3.05 | 1 / 2 (50%) | |
| People's | 4.88 | 4.94 | -0.06 | no caucus | |
| Independent | 0.11 | 0.19 | -0.08 | no caucus [a] | |
| Results by riding in British Columbia - 2021 Canadian federal election [5] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Riding | 2019 | Winning party | Turnout [a 1] | Votes [a 2] | |||||||||||||
| Party | Votes | Share | Margin # | Margin % | Lib | Con | NDP | Green | PPC | Ind | Other | Total | |||||
| Abbotsford | Con | Con | 21,597 | 47.9% | 10,690 | 23.7% | 59.6% | 10,907 | 21,597 | 7,729 | 1,517 | 3,300 | – | – | 45,050 | ||
| Burnaby North—Seymour | Lib | Lib | 19,445 | 39.5% | 5,127 | 10.4% | 62.3% | 19,445 | 12,535 | 14,318 | 1,516 | 1,370 | – | – | 49,184 | ||
| Burnaby South | NDP | NDP | 16,382 | 40.3% | 4,021 | 9.9% | 51.1% | 12,361 | 9,104 | 16,382 | 1,175 | 1,290 | 296 | – | 40,608 | ||
| Cariboo—Prince George | Con | Con | 25,771 | 50.8% | 15,448 | 30.4% | 59.8% | 8,397 | 25,771 | 10,323 | 1,844 | 4,160 | – | 218 | 50,713 | ||
| Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola | Con | Con | 30,563 | 47.6% | 16,750 | 26.1% | 64.6% | 13,291 | 30,563 | 13,813 | 1,755 | 4,788 | – | – | 64,210 | ||
| Chilliwack—Hope | Con | Con | 23,987 | 46.0% | 10,060 | 19.3% | 61.4% | 8,851 | 23,987 | 13,927 | 1,391 | 4,004 | – | – | 52,160 | ||
| Cloverdale—Langley City | Con | Lib | 20,877 | 39.2% | 1,654 | 3.1% | 61.0% | 20,877 | 19,223 | 10,587 | – | 2,563 | – | – | 53,250 | ||
| Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam | Lib | Lib | 21,454 | 38.5% | 4,547 | 8.2% | 60.1% | 21,454 | 16,907 | 14,982 | – | 2,373 | – | – | 55,716 | ||
| Courtenay—Alberni | NDP | NDP | 30,612 | 44.2% | 8,431 | 12.2% | 65.8% | 9,276 | 22,181 | 30,612 | 3,590 | 3,467 | – | 124 | 69,250 | ||
| Cowichan—Malahat—Langford | NDP | NDP | 26,968 | 42.8% | 9,098 | 14.4% | 64.4% | 10,320 | 17,870 | 26,968 | 3,922 | 3,952 | – | – | 63,032 | ||
| Delta | Lib | Lib | 22,105 | 42.3% | 4,410 | 8.5% | 67.5% | 22,105 | 17,695 | 9,591 | 1,244 | 1,291 | 379 | – | 52,305 | ||
| Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke | NDP | NDP | 28,056 | 42.8% | 13,590 | 20.7% | 64.4% | 14,466 | 13,885 | 28,056 | 5,891 | 2,995 | – | 249 | 65,542 | ||
| Fleetwood—Port Kells | Lib | Lib | 21,350 | 45.2% | 6,797 | 14.4% | 58.7% | 21,350 | 14,553 | 8,960 | 892 | 1,284 | 146 | – | 47,185 | ||
| Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo | Con | Con | 30,281 | 43.0% | 9,850 | 14.0% | 66.5% | 12,717 | 30,281 | 20,431 | 2,576 | 4,033 | 410 | – | 70,448 | ||
| Kelowna—Lake Country | Con | Con | 30,409 | 45.3% | 12,642 | 18.8% | 63.9% | 17,767 | 30,409 | 12,204 | 2,074 | 4,688 | – | – | 67,142 | ||
| Kootenay—Columbia | Con | Con | 28,056 | 43.2% | 4,070 | 6.3% | 68.3% | 5,879 | 28,056 | 23,986 | 2,577 | 4,467 | – | – | 64,965 | ||
| Langley—Aldergrove | Con | Con | 28,643 | 45.7% | 12,078 | 19.3% | 65.0% | 16,565 | 28,643 | 12,288 | 1,798 | 3,341 | – | – | 62,635 | ||
| Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon | Con | Con | 18,908 | 43.8% | 8,310 | 19.3% | 61.5% | 10,598 | 18,908 | 8,709 | 1,887 | 3,073 | – | – | 43,175 | ||
| Nanaimo—Ladysmith | Grn | NDP | 19,826 | 28.8% | 1,199 | 1.7% | 64.0% | 9,314 | 18,627 | 19,826 | 17,640 | 3,358 | – | – | 68,765 | ||
| New Westminster—Burnaby | NDP | NDP | 24,054 | 48.8% | 12,369 | 25.1% | 57.1% | 11,685 | 9,710 | 24,054 | 2,035 | 1,840 | – | – | 49,324 | ||
| North Island—Powell River | NDP | NDP | 23,833 | 39.5% | 2,163 | 3.5% | 65.4% | 7,922 | 21,670 | 23,833 | 3,656 | 2,795 | – | 387 | 60,263 | ||
| North Okanagan—Shuswap | Con | Con | 33,626 | 46.4% | 19,697 | 27.2% | 65.2% | 13,666 | 33,626 | 13,929 | 3,967 | 7,209 | – | – | 72,397 | ||
| North Vancouver | Lib | Lib | 26,756 | 45.1% | 10,085 | 17.0% | 66.1% | 26,756 | 16,671 | 11,750 | 2,598 | 1,545 | – | – | 59,320 | ||
| Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge | Con | Con | 19,371 | 36.7% | 2,502 | 4.8% | 64.4% | 13,179 | 19,371 | 16,869 | – | 2,800 | 453 | 161 | 52,833 | ||
| Port Moody—Coquitlam | Con | NDP | 19,367 | 37.2% | 2,762 | 5.3% | 62.7% | 14,231 | 16,605 | 19,367 | – | 1,766 | – | 122 | 52,091 | ||
| Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies | Con | Con | 29,882 | 60.7% | 23,235 | 47.2% | 62.1 % | 4,236 | 29,882 | 6,647 | 1,661 | 5,138 | – | 1,633 | 49,197 | ||
| Richmond Centre | Con | Lib | 13,440 | 39.3% | 772 | 2.2% | 46.2% | 13,440 | 12,668 | 6,196 | 1,109 | 748 | – | – | 34,161 | ||
| Saanich—Gulf Islands | Grn | Grn | 24,648 | 37.6% | 9,873 | 15.1% | 70.4% | 12,056 | 14,775 | 11,959 | 24,648 | 1,943 | – | 141 | 65,522 | ||
| Skeena—Bulkley Valley | NDP | NDP | 15,921 | 42.6% | 2,408 | 6.5% | 55.7% | 2,866 | 13,513 | 15,921 | 1,406 | 2,888 | – | 797 | 37,391 | ||
| South Okanagan—West Kootenay | NDP | NDP | 27,595 | 41.3% | 3,920 | 5.8% | 65.6% | 8,159 | 23,675 | 27,595 | 2,485 | 4,866 | – | – | 66,780 | ||
| South Surrey—White Rock | Con | Con | 24,158 | 42.5% | 1,992 | 3.5% | 65.0% | 22,166 | 24,158 | 8,395 | – | 2,186 | – | – | 56,905 | ||
| Steveston—Richmond East | Con | Lib | 16,543 | 42.5% | 3,477 | 9.0% | 52.8% | 16,543 | 13,066 | 7,525 | 860 | 955 | – | – | 38,949 | ||
| Surrey Centre | Lib | Lib | 16,862 | 43.9% | 6,235 | 16.2% | 51.7% | 16,862 | 8,094 | 10,627 | 838 | 1,539 | – | 426 | 38,386 | ||
| Surrey—Newton | Lib | Lib | 19,721 | 53.9% | 10,185 | 27.9% | 56.2% | 19,721 | 5,758 | 9,536 | – | 967 | 628 | – | 36,610 | ||
| Vancouver Centre | Lib | Lib | 20,873 | 40.4% | 5,004 | 9.7% | 57.0% | 20,873 | 11,162 | 15,869 | 2,030 | 1,683 | – | – | 51,617 | ||
| Vancouver East | NDP | NDP | 27,969 | 56.4% | 18,172 | 36.6% | 55.0% | 9,797 | 5,399 | 27,969 | 3,826 | 1,382 | – | 1,218 | 49,591 | ||
| Vancouver Granville | Ind | Lib | 17,050 | 34.4% | 431 | 0.9% | 60.8% | 17,050 | 13,280 | 16,619 | 1,434 | 1,177 | – | – | 49,560 | ||
| Vancouver Kingsway | NDP | NDP | 20,994 | 52.3% | 9,972 | 24.9% | 54.1% | 11,022 | 5,456 | 20,994 | 1,575 | 868 | – | 243 | 40,158 | ||
| Vancouver Quadra | Lib | Lib | 20,814 | 43.6% | 7,028 | 14.7% | 63.5% | 20,814 | 13,786 | 9,220 | 2,922 | 963 | – | – | 47,705 | ||
| Vancouver South | Lib | Lib | 19,910 | 49.4% | 9,988 | 24.8% | 54.8% | 19,910 | 9,060 | 9,922 | – | 1,104 | – | 287 | 40,283 | ||
| Victoria | NDP | NDP | 29,301 | 43.9% | 11,107 | 16.6% | 67.3% | 18,194 | 9,152 | 29,301 | 7,472 | 2,065 | – | 564 | 66,748 | ||
| West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country | Lib | Lib | 21,500 | 33.9% | 2,438 | 3.9% | 64.9% | 21,500 | 19,062 | 16,265 | 4,108 | 2,299 | 127 | 98 | 63,459 | ||
The incumbent Liberal Party won the most seats in the province, despite losing the popular vote to both the Coservatives and the New Democrats.
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