I have spent this afternoon fixing the errors in my BC Google Earth map. It turns out that the Electoral Boundaries Commission, whose maps I was using, proposed an 83-seat drawing of the map, but the map was redrawn to add two extra seats in the interior. Luckily this did not affect 77 of the seats, so the maps were still largely applicable. Below the fold I provide maps and insights into both the election results. I will post referendum results later today.
Overall the general election was largely a status quo result. Both parties gained swings of less than 1%, with the Greens suffering a 1% swing. In terms of seats, the six extra seats split evenly. The Liberals won a 13-seat majority in 2005, with a 46-33 seat split. The enlarged Legislative Assembly has a similar 13-seat majority, with the Liberals winning 49 seats and the NDP winning 36.
There are a number of seats with close races. The two seats in Maple Ridge are extremely close, with the NDP leading by 170 votes in Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows and the Liberals leading by 196 votes in Maple Ridge-Mission. In Cariboo-Chilcotin, the NDP is ahead of the Liberals by only 23 votes. In Delta South, Attorney-General Wally Oppal is 56 votes ahead of Independent candidate Vicki Huntington after moving from a safe seat. This is the final count for the night, after a period where Oppal led Huntington by only one or two votes.
So, to the maps. Orange seats were won by the NDP and red seats by the Liberals.
