VICTORIA – The resumption of counting in last week’s nail-biting British Columbia election has seen the NDP widen its lead in two crucial races and move within 14 votes of the B.C. Conservatives in another.
No leads changed in nine too-close-to-call races, and the update provided by Elections BC increases the prospect of an NDP government.
Note to readers: This is a corrected story. A previous version said there were more than 66,000 mail-in ballots to be counted from Saturday. In fact, there were more than 43,000, plus more than 22,000 absentee ballots. A previous version also reported the B.C. Conservatives ended the initial count leading in six too-close-to-call races and the NDP in three. In fact, the Conservatives led five and the NDP four.
