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It’s election day across B.C. and voters in Okanagan, Interior and Northern B.C. are headed to the polls.
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On this page, you’ll see updates for the following ridings:
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- Okanagan and Interior: Boundary-Similkameen, Vernon-Lumby, Kelowna Centre, Kelowna-Mission, Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream, West Kelowna-Peachland, Penticton-Summerland, Kootenay-Central, Kootenay-Rockies, Kootenay-Monashee, Kamloops-North Thompson, Kamloops Centre, Fraser-Nicola, Cariboo-Chilcotin, Salmon Arm-Shuswap
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- Northern B.C.: Skeena, Bulkley Valley-Stikine, Peace River North, Peace River South, Nechako Lakes, Columbia River-Revelstoke, North Coast-Haida Gwaii, Prince George-Mackenzie, Prince George-North Cariboo, Prince George-Valemount
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For everything you need to know about how and when to vote in the provincial election, click HERE.
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If you’re still undecided on who to vote for, check out our voters’ guide and read up on the major issues and priorities within B.C.
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Then follow along our live-blog HERE throughout the day and night for the latest election day news across the Metro Vancouver region, and check back here where we’ll keep this post updated all night with election results and reaction from ridings in Okanagan, Interior and Northern B.C.
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Right of centre-parties have long dominated the Okanagan and Interior of B.C., as well as the North.
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With the B.C. Conservatives ahead of the NDP in the polls, there is little reason to doubt they will not do so again.
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In the 2024 election, the B.C. Conservatives won 20 of 25 seats, sweeping all but one seat in the North and taking 11 seats in the Okanagan and Interior.
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There were several seats in the Okanagan and Interior that were extremely close in the 2024 election and could be in sharp contention again.
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In many of these ridings, issues such as health care and mental health services, affordability and the economy are at the forefront.
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Vernon-Lumby
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Vernon-Lumby will definitely be a seat to watch.
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The NDP flipped the seat in the 2020 election, after it had been held by right-of-centre parties dating back to the 1990s, including the B.C. Liberals, Reform and Social Credit.
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The riding was won in 2024 by NDP incumbent Harwinder Sandhu by less than 500 votes.
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Sandhu, a former nurse, is running again, this time against B.C. Conservative candidate Kevin Acton, who was just re-elected as mayor of Lumby.
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Acton has said if he wins the riding, he will step down as mayor.
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Also on the ballot are Green Party candidate Blair Visscher, a teacher, and OneBC candidate Chantel Gibbs, an accountant.
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Kelowna Centre
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Last election, the race in Kelowna Centre was extremely close, won by B.C. Conservative candidate Kristina Loewen by just 40 votes over NDP candidate Loyal Wooldridge, who is running again.
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