Burnaby South-Metrotown results, BC election 2026

2026 results

Elections BC, initial count, not verified · 71 of 71 ballot boxes · Nov 5 15:20 PT

Paul Choi leading by 64 votes (0.5 points) · all ballot boxes counted

Paul Choi

BC NDP

5,811

44.4%

David Xie

Conservative

5,747

43.9%

Bryan Fockler

BC Green

1,151

8.8%

Andrew Rose

OneBC

377

2.9%

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

Past results

First contested in 2024

20244942BC NDP hold7.748.9%2020est.591228BC NDP ahead30.8–

2024General election, October 19BC NDP hold

CandidateVotesShare±Spent

Paul ChoiBC NDP · elected · $62,573 spent7,56049.3%−9.9$62,573$8.28 a vote

Han LeeConservative · $17,345 spent6,37341.6%new$17,345$2.72 a vote

Carrie McLarenBC Green · $228 spent9606.3%−6.1$228$0.24 a vote

Meiling ChiaUnaffiliated · $13,716 spent2901.9%$13,716$47 a vote

MichaelAngelo Abc RobinHoodIndependent · $1,395 spent1420.9%$1,395$9.82 a vote

Margin1,187votes, 7.7 points

Turnout48.9%

Ballots15,35732 rejected

Registered31,434voters

± 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 NDP59.2%

BC Liberal28.4%

BC Green12.4%

Burnaby South-Metrotown was first contested in 2024. This is 338Canada’s estimate of how the area voted in 2020, when it was part of Burnaby-Deer Lake and Burnaby-Edmonds. 338Canada

Held by

2024now

Paul Choi, since the seat was created in 2024

2024–Paul ChoiBC NDP

Created from Burnaby-Deer Lake and Burnaby-Edmonds.

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

Local news

Last 14 days

Nov 6
21:01

all four ridings with less than 200 vote leads on election night could stay close throughout the final count. Conservatives now ahead in Burnaby South-Metrotown by, by 90 in Cowichan Valley and just 44 in Kelowna Centre, NDP lead in Ladysmith-Oceanside is 29 https://t.co/BYE6u2Rh1B

Ben O'Hara-Byrne (@Ben_oharabyrne)

Nov 6
16:55

Conservative candidate in Ladysmith-Oceanside now in lead (+91) after trailing by 13 on election night as recount/final vote count (mail-in, etc) continues. Conservatives extend leads in Kelowna Centre (+166) + Cowichan Valley (+229), NDP holding in Burnaby South-Metrotown (+56) https://t.co/MU7RFdshRM

Ben O'Hara-Byrne (@Ben_oharabyrne)

Questions

Who won Burnaby South-Metrotown in the 2026 BC election?

On Elections BC's initial count (71 of 71 ballot boxes, as of November 5 at 3:20 p.m. Pacific time), Paul Choi (BC NDP) leads Burnaby South-Metrotown with 5,811 votes (44.4%), 64 ahead of David Xie (Conservative). Preliminary until the final count, November 6 to 10, 2026.

Who won Burnaby South-Metrotown in 2024?

The BC NDP candidate won Burnaby South-Metrotown in the 2024 BC election with 49.3% of the vote, a margin of 1,187 votes (7.7%).