Burnaby East

MLA before the election: Rohini Arora, BC NDP
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2026 results

Elections BC, initial count, not verified · 72 of 72 ballot boxes · Nov 5 15:20 PT

Rohini Reah Arora leading by 241 votes (1.4 points) · all ballot boxes counted

Rohini Reah Arora
BC NDP
7,759
44.4%
Peter Si
Conservative
7,518
43.0%
Javad Shushtarian
BC Green
1,672
9.6%
De Ding
OneBC
523
3.0%

2024: BC NDP. Preliminary until the final count, November 6 to 10, 2026. All 93 ridings

Past results

First contested in 2024
2024General election, October 19BC NDP hold
CandidateVotesShare±Spent
Rohini AroraBC NDP · elected · $47,117 spent10,49051.8%−7.3$47,117$4.49 a vote
Simon ChandlerConservative · $17,964 spent8,19840.5%new$17,964$2.19 a vote
Tara ShushtarianBC Green · $4,988 spent1,5447.6%−5.5$4,988$3.23 a vote
Margin2,292votes, 11.3 points
Turnout54.9% 
Ballots20,27341 rejected
Registered36,896voters

± and swing against 338Canada’s estimate of the 2020 vote on the 2024 boundaries. Spending limit $71,700 a candidate.

2020, on the 2024 boundariesan estimate
PartyShare
BC NDP59.1%
BC Liberal26.4%
BC Green13.1%

Burnaby East was first contested in 2024. This is 338Canada’s estimate of how the area voted in 2020, when it was part of Burnaby-Edmonds, Burnaby North and Burquitlam. 338Canada

Held by
2009now
4 members since 2009
  1. 2009–2013Harry BloyBC Liberal
  2. 2013–2017Jane ShinBC NDP
  3. 2017–2024Katrina ChenBC NDP
  4. 2024–Rohini AroraBC NDP

Created from Burnaby-Edmonds, Burnaby North and Burquitlam.

Votes, ballots and registered voters: Elections BC. Spending and members before 2024: Wikipedia’s Burnaby East article. Members since 2024: the tracker’s record. 2020 on the 2024 boundaries: 338Canada.

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Who won Burnaby East in the 2026 BC election?

On Elections BC's initial count (72 of 72 ballot boxes, as of November 5 at 3:20 p.m. Pacific time), Rohini Reah Arora (BC NDP) leads Burnaby East with 7,759 votes (44.4%), 241 ahead of Peter Si (Conservative). Preliminary until the final count, November 6 to 10, 2026.

Who won Burnaby East in 2024?

The BC NDP candidate won Burnaby East in the 2024 BC election with 51.8% of the vote, a margin of 2,292 votes (11.3%).

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