{"id":4989,"date":"2017-05-11T13:17:02","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T11:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polyas.de\/blog\/?p=4989"},"modified":"2017-05-11T13:17:02","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T11:17:02","slug":"british-columbia-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.polyas.de\/blog\/en\/online-elections\/british-columbia-elections","title":{"rendered":"#Election News: British Columbia Elections Deliver Hung Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Yesterday\u2019s British Columbia elections have served up the Canadian province\u2019s first minority government in 65 years. In this edition of #Election News we bring you the winners and losers from what has been an historic election in the country\u2019s west.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It\u2019s all green, green, green on the west coast as Andrew Weaver\u2019s BC Green Party trebled their presence in the legislative assembly. That\u2019s right &#8211; they now boast a grand total of 3 members of the legislative assembly (MLAs). But the absolute figure isn&#8217;t the point here. The Green Party crucially holds the balance of power in the unicameral provincial legislature. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Strong pre-election polling numbers weren\u2019t enough for John Horgan\u2019s New Democratic Party (NDP) to regain government. Something the party hasn&#8217;t done since 1996. They did, however, manage to prevent Christy Clark\u2019s incumbent Liberal party from winning an outright majority.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Results at a glance: British Columbia Elections 2017<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">87 seats in total<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">44 required to form government<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Liberals<\/strong> &#8211; 43 seats, 41% of the popular vote <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>NDP<\/strong> &#8211; 41 seats, 40% of the popular vote<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Greens<\/strong> &#8211; 3 seats, 17% of the popular vote<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Result: <strong>hung parliament<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Weakened Liberal leader Christy Clark remained upbeat about the result as she <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/british-columbia\/bc-election-minority-government\/article34928933\/\" target=\"_blank\">addressed supporters<\/a> in Vancouver. She reassured the crowd that \u201ctonight we won the popular vote and we have also won the most seats.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The NDP\u2019s John Horgan adopted a more tentative tone regarding the election result: \u201cBritish Columbians have waited 16 years for a government that works for them. I am going to have to ask you to wait a little bit longer until all the votes are counted and the final results of this election are known.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">What happens now?<\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">At the center of it all is Greens leader Andrew Weaver who will now hold conversations with both major parties in order to settle on an agreement under which a government can be formed. Neither party can govern the province without the consent of the Green Party\u2019s 3 MLAs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mr. Weaver <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/british-columbia\/bc-election-minority-government-explainer\/article34943234\/\" target=\"_blank\">has stated<\/a> \u201cI\u2019ve spoken to both leaders. We\u2019re going to have conversations.\u201d Moreover, he highlighted patience as the order of the day: \u201cwe\u2019re going to have to wait for the judicial reviews to be done. Nothing can be decided for the next two weeks until we actually know what [the outcome is]. But I will be meeting with Mr. Horgan shortly and I\u2019ll be chatting with Ms. Clark as well because we believe we have a lot to offer and I\u2019m looking forward to advancing those ideas at the B.C. legislature.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Absentee ballots will also play a pivotal role in deciding the outcome of the British Columbia elections. The seat of Courtenay-Comox was taken by the NDP with a majority of just 9 votes. Such a small margin will almost certainly trigger a recount. This puts absentee ballots firmly in the spotlight as they could award the Liberals the lone seat they need to form a majority government. However, in the absence of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polyas.com\/online-voting\" target=\"_blank\">online voting<\/a> in this election, counting absentee ballots won\u2019t be completed until May 22-24.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday\u2019s British Columbia elections have served up the Canadian province\u2019s first minority government in 65 years. 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