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Incorrect preliminary results

The nice looking chart with all the ridings shaded by party strength has Surrey-Panorama and Surrey South reversed. The Liberals won Surrey South, and the NDP won Surrey-Panorama. Deathying (talk) 17:30, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've already notified the map maker.-- Earl Andrew - talk 19:02, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Error on Electoral Map

The colours for Surrey-Panorama and Surrey South should be the other way around according to the results. Left-Libertarian (talk) 21:14, 28 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have brought this to the attention of the map maker, and they plan on fixing it. -- Earl Andrew - talk 14:18, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

As well as this, it looks like Richmond Queensborough and Richmond South Centre need swapping, as do some of the Burnaby and other Surrey ridings, if I'm not mistaken.Beesleysam (talk) 10:01, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The map will have to be updated after this weekend anyway, as the NDP have already picked up 2 seats from the mail-in votes. -- Earl Andrew - talk 14:33, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Just a reminder to update the map now that all results are final. JoshMartini007 (talk) 17:22, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

West Vancouver-Sea To Sky?

Would it be wise to add a note anywhere stating that Green Party candidate Jeremy Valeriote was initially declared elected on election night, but Sturdy won following a recount in West Vancouver-Sea To Sky, given the discussion about the Green Party gaining a seat on the mainland? I do understand, however, that this is a nuanced difference to Abbotsford-Mission and Vernon-Monashee who I would probably not give a note to personally even though the lead also changed there following the counting of mail-in ballots. Beesleysam (talk) 11:02, 29 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Given the coverage it received, a sentence or two about Valeriote's supposed win and what it meant for the party seems reasonable. I would note, though, that the seat didn't 'flip' from Valeriote to Sturdy on recount, but when the absentee ballots were counted— and then confirmed by the recount. A small difference but, I think, an important one, because it means that Valeriote was never (officially) declared elected. Anyway, perhaps we could make an "Aftermath" section for this, Wilkinson's resignation and Bond's interim leadership, and whatever else. — Kawnhr (talk) 22:10, 3 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's definitely important here to understand that there's a difference between media calls and actual official declarations of the victor in an election. Kawnhr is correct that Valeriote was never legally the winner of the seat in any sense, because the initial media call that he had won has no legal standing — the absentee ballots hadn't been counted yet, and they're what flipped the table on him. (But, memo to Donald Trump too, absentee ballots are still real ballots.) Now, the vast majority of the time the media do call an election correctly — their predictions almost always bear out in the end as having been correct, but it's still important to remember that the media calls are fundamentally just predictions rather than legal declarations. If a media call fails to pan out, and instead the final numbers once the absentee ballots are counted point the opposite way, then the ballot count overrides the media call, not vice versa. Bearcat (talk) 14:10, 4 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Results on the Box Summary do not match Results section of article

Something's wrong here. The summary box of the top of the article shows different results than the results subsection of the article. In the top box, it shows the BCL previously had 41 seats, whereas the results subsection shows 43. The summary box lists the Green's as previously having 2 seats, whereas the results subsection shows 3. Which one is accurate? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.103.170.109 (talk) 17:20, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Both are accurate. The results were 43 BCL/41 NDP/3 GRN on election day, but resignations and affiliation changes saw the standings land at 41 BCL/41 NDP/2 GRN/2 IND by the time the legislature was dissolved. The infobox and results table include both of these and make the distinction, as far as I can see. — Kawnhr (talk) 17:58, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]