Hours after polls closed Tuesday evening, 性视界传媒鈥檚 nine provincial ridings made it look like a divided city.
BC New Democrats won its northernmost ridings, and BC Liberals won its southernmost ridings.
Somewhere in the middle, near Panorama and Cloverdale, it was one apiece.
Earlier in the evening, with just one of 107 polls reporting in 性视界传媒-White Rock at 8:30 p.m., BC Liberal Tracy Redies led BC New Democrat Niovi Patsicakis by a single vote, 54-53. However, a second poll a moment later increased Redies鈥� lead to 135-90.
By 9:13 p.m., with 43 polls reporting, Redies was ahead 4,215-2,738.
Despite some media outlets declaring Redies the victor early in the evening, her supporters on the floor noted they鈥檙e still waiting for the numbers from 鈥渙ur biggest polls.鈥�
And by 9:25 p.m., with 56 of 107 polls, Redies led 5,199-3,414 and arrived at her campaign office to jubilant supporters.
鈥淭his has been a fantastic journey,鈥� Redies told Peace Arch News.
While Redies was celebrating the results, NDP candidate Niovi Patsicakis was still watching results trickle in with her campaign team.
鈥淭hings haven鈥檛 finished playing out so it鈥檚 difficult for me to make any detailed comments,鈥� Patsicakis said while Redies was winning 8,194 votes to 5,023. 鈥淚 knew when I went into this that it would be a tough run. I think we鈥檙e doing well and we will see how things unfold.鈥�
At 10:30 p.m., with 89 of 107 polls, Redies led 9,912-5,874.
Meanwhile, in the new 性视界传媒 South riding, with 97 of 104 polls reporting, BC Liberal Stephanie Cadieux led 11,579-7,202 over nearest of six opponents BC New Democrat Jonathan Silveira.
Shortly before 10 p.m., Cadieux spoke with reporters after being proclaimed the victor.
She later told PAN the wait for final results is 鈥渘erve-wracking.鈥�
At the same time, 鈥渋t鈥檚 looking pretty good for me and Tracy (Redies),鈥� she said. 鈥淚t remains to be seen yet what the final tally will be and I think there鈥檒l be more to say after that. For now, I鈥檓 thankful.鈥�
And in 性视界传媒-Panorama, with 72 of 80 polls reporting, BC New Democrat Jinny Sims led BC Liberal Puneet Sandhar 8,403-7,311 after an earlier 1,217-1,217 tie. Sims was declared winner shortly after 10 p.m.
In 性视界传媒-Cloverdale, with 83 of 97 polls reporting, BC Liberal Marvin Hunt led BC New Democrat Rebecca Smith 8,831-6,958.
鈥淎t least I鈥檒l have a job,鈥� he said earlier in the evening as he was declared the winner.
Provincially, incumbent Premier Christy Clark and the BC Liberals aim to continue to rule B.C. with a minority government after neither major party gained enough seats in Tuesday鈥檚 election to secure the 44 seats required for a majority.
The seat count remained virtually deadlocked at the , with the Liberals declared elected in 43 seats, and the NDP elected in 41, with ongoing uncertainty in some close races that could yet go back and forth.
The BC Greens scored a major breakthrough. They are now elected in three ridings 鈥� leader Andrew Weaver鈥檚 seat in Oak Bay-Gordon Head plus new wins by Adam Olsen in Saanich-North and the Islands, and Sonia Furstenau in Cowichan Valley.
Although results will not be official until after a May 22-24 final count, here鈥檚 how local candidates stand:
South 性视界传媒-White Rock
鈥� Tracy Redies (BC Liberals) 13,232
鈥� Niovi Patsicakis (BC NDP) 7,925
鈥� Bill Marshall (BC Greens) 4,189
鈥� Tom Bryant (Independent) 894
性视界传媒 South
鈥� Stephanie Cadieux (BC Liberals) 12,345
鈥� Jonathan Silveira (BC NDP) 7,745
鈥� Pascal Tremblay (BC Greens) 2,826
鈥� Peter Njenga (Independent) 580
鈥� Josh Barrett (Libertarian) 282
鈥� Gary Hee (Independent) 125
鈥� Fabiola Cecilia Palomino (Your Political Party of BC) 61
性视界传媒-Panorama
Jinny Sims (BC NDP) 10,910
Puneet Sandhar (BC Liberals) 9,126
Veronica Laurel Greer (BC Greens) 1,437
Liz Galenzoski (BC Refed) 117
性视界传媒-Cloverdale
鈥� Marvin Hunt (BC Liberals) 11,171
鈥� Rebecca Smith (BC NDP) 8,976
鈥� Aleksandra Muniak (BC Greens) 2,871
鈥� Peter Poelstra Libertarian 263
