Surrey-Newton results, BC election 2026

2026 results

Elections BC, initial count, not verified · 60 of 60 ballot boxes · Nov 5 15:20 PT

Harj Dhaliwal leading by 1,858 votes (13.8 points) · all ballot boxes counted

Harj Dhaliwal

Conservative

7,334

54.5%

Jessie Sunner

BC NDP

5,476

40.7%

Harman Preet Singh

CentreBC

645

4.8%

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

Past results

5 general elections since 2009

20245143BC NDP hold8.250.8%20206328BC NDP hold35.147.9%20175730BC NDP hold27.358.1%20135638BC NDP hold18.352.6%20096926BC NDP hold43.151.1%

2024General election, October 19BC NDP hold

CandidateVotesShare±Spent

Jessie SunnerBC NDP · elected7,92451.2%−11.2–

Tegjot BalConservative6,65843.0%new–

Amrit BirringFreedom3712.4%new–

Japreet LehalUnaffiliated3442.2%–

Joginder Singh RandhawaIndependent1891.2%–

Margin1,266votes, 8.2 points

Turnout50.8%+2.9 points

Ballots15,52236 rejected

Registered30,549voters

± and swing against 338Canada’s estimate of the 2020 vote on the 2024 boundaries. Spending: not on Wikipedia for this contest.

2020General election, October 24BC NDP holdSwing 3.9 points to BC NDP

CandidateVotesShare±Spent

Harry BainsBC NDP · elected · $39,067 spent8,89362.6%+5.3$39,067$4.39 a vote

Paul BoparaiBC Liberal3,91127.5%−2.5$0

Asad SyedBC Green · $6,483 spent1,3939.8%+2.9$6,483$4.65 a vote

Margin4,982votes, 35.1 points

Turnout47.9%−10.2 points

Ballots14,308111 rejected

Registered29,867voters

± and swing against the 2017 election.

2017General election, May 9BC NDP holdSwing 4.5 points to BC NDP

CandidateVotesShare±Spent

Harry BainsBC NDP · elected · $41,769 spent9,74457.3%+0.9$41,769$4.29 a vote

Gurminder Singh PariharBC Liberal · $73,162 spent5,09930.0%−8.1$73,162$14 a vote

Richard KriegerBC Green · $225 spent1,1726.9%new$225$0.19 a vote

Balpreet Singh BalUnaffiliated · $8,768 spent9885.8%$8,768$8.87 a vote

Margin4,645votes, 27.3 points

Turnout58.1%+5.6 points

Ballots17,117114 rejected

Registered29,442voters

± and swing against the 2013 election.

2013General election, May 14BC NDP holdSwing 12.4 points to BC Liberal

CandidateVotesShare±Spent

Harry BainsBC NDP · elected · $90,282 spent9,78856.4%−12.5$90,282$9.22 a vote

Sukhminder S. VirkBC Liberal · $86,997 spent6,60438.1%+12.3$86,997$13 a vote

Satinder SinghConservative · $3,660 spent6743.9%new$3,660$5.43 a vote

Alan SaldanhaHelping Hand · $250 spent2821.6%new$250$0.89 a vote

Margin3,184votes, 18.3 points

Turnout52.6%+1.4 points

Ballots17,539191 rejected

Registered33,367voters

± and swing against the 2009 election.

2009General election, May 12BC NDP holdSwing 10.1 points to BC NDP

CandidateVotesShare±Spent

Harry BainsBC NDP · elected10,70968.9%+11.0–

Ajay CalebBC Liberal4,01125.8%−9.1–

Trevor LokeBC Green7594.9%+0.2–

George GidoraCommunist580.4%new–

Margin6,698votes, 43.1 points

Turnout51.1%−9.3 points

Ballots15,656119 rejected

Registered30,628voters

± and swing against the 2005 election. Spending: not on Wikipedia for this contest.

Held by

1986now

5 members since 1986

1986–1991Rita JohnstonSocial Credit
1991–2001Penny PriddyBC NDP
2001–2005Tony BhullarBC Liberal
2005–2024Harry BainsBC NDP
2024–Jessie SunnerBC NDP

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

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Questions

Who won Surrey-Newton in the 2026 BC election?

On Elections BC's initial count (60 of 60 ballot boxes, as of November 5 at 3:20 p.m. Pacific time), Harj Dhaliwal (Conservative) leads Surrey-Newton with 7,334 votes (54.5%), 1,858 ahead of Jessie Sunner (BC NDP). Preliminary until the final count, November 6 to 10, 2026.

Who won Surrey-Newton in 2024?

The BC NDP candidate won Surrey-Newton in the 2024 BC election with 51.2% of the vote, a margin of 1,266 votes (8.2%).