B.C. election: Eby, Rustad win re-election as their parties battle for power

BC NDP Leader David Eby and BC Conservative Leader John Rustad some won re-election successful their respective ridings arsenic their parties battled for powerfulness successful Saturday’s provincial election.

Rustad easy cruised to triumph successful his riding of Nechako Lakes, earning astir three-quarters of the ballot successful aboriginal results. His riding was the archetypal to beryllium called by Global BC conscionable minutes aft polls closed astatine 8 p.m.

Eby was projected to triumph Vancouver-Point Grey with implicit fractional of the vote, good up of Conservative campaigner Paul Ratchford.

The BC NDP and BC Conservatives are locked successful a adjacent contention for forming the adjacent government. Opinion polls were showing a dormant vigor passim the campaign, arsenic the Conservatives surged to trial the resilience of the incumbent NDP.

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