# 2020 British Columbia general election

The 2020 British Columbia general election was held on October 24, 2020, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly to serve in the 42nd parliament of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The incumbent New Democratic Party of British Columbia (BC NDP) won a majority government, making John Horgan the first leader in the history of the BC NDP to win a second consecutive term as premier. The incoming Legislature marked the first time the NDP commanded an outright majority government in BC since the 1996 election, as well as the first province-wide popular vote win for the party since 1991.
Horgan called a snap election on September 21, 2020, the first early election in the province since the 1986 election. Horgan argued the call for an election a year before it was due was necessary because he was governing with a minority of seats in the Legislative Assembly. His decision was criticized by both the NDP's confidence and supply partner, the British Columbia Green Party, and the province's Official Opposition, the British Columbia Liberal Party, as opportunistic.
Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson resigned two days after the election but remained as leader until November 23.

## Background

This election took place under first-past-the-post rules, as proportional representation had been rejected with 61.3% voting against it in the 2018 referendum.
Section 23 of British Columbia's Constitution Act provides that general elections occur on a fixed date of the fourth calendar year after the last election. The fixed election date was previously set for the second Tuesday in May – tentatively making the next election date May 12, 2021, but the BC NDP passed legislation in 2017 amending the section of the constitution to change the fixed election date to the third Saturday in October. Section 23 also indicates the fixed election date is subject to the lieutenant governor's prerogative to dissolve the Legislative Assembly as they see fit (in practice, on the advice of the premier or following a vote of non-confidence).
This prerogative was exercised on September 21, 2020, when Premier John Horgan called a snap election, thus dissolving the 41st Parliament. The writ of election was issued the same day, commencing a 32-day campaign. This was the first election in BC not to have been held on a set date in May since fixed-date elections had been introduced via amendments to the Constitution Act passed by the Liberal government under Gordon Campbell shortly after the Liberals came into power subsequent to the 2001 election. It was also the first time a BC government had gone to the polls before the expiration of its mandate since the Social Credit government under Bill Vander Zalm called an early election in 1986.
This election was the second Canadian provincial election held during the COVID-19 pandemic, after the September 2020 election in New Brunswick – also a snap election. Due to the pandemic, more than 720,000 people requested mail-in ballots. Elections BC expected that 35 to 40 percent of ballots would be sent by mail, compared to 1 percent historically. Advance voting took place between October 15 and 21, with more than 681,000 people voting ahead of the election date.
Due to the significant increase in mail-in voting, the full results of the election were not known until November 8; the results of the judicial recount held in one constituency, West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, were only known on November 17.
The election occurred only three years and five months after the 2017 election and during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia. By the terms of the confidence and supply agreement that had been struck between the NDP and the Green Party, the NDP had been barred from calling a snap election and from holding an election before the fixed date. The premier defended his decision to call an early election, claiming that the province needed the government to have a strong mandate and stability to deal with the challenges of the pandemic for the coming years; the governing New Democrats did not have a majority of seats in the legislature, relying on confidence and supply from the Greens for a slim combined majority. An Ipsos poll conducted for Global News and radio station CKNW found that 46 percent of people disapproved of the snap election call, while 32 percent approved. Horgan and the BC NDP had been enjoying popularity in the polls during the summer and throughout the pandemic.

## Campaign

On September 21, 2020, the BC NDP chose Nathan Cullen, a longtime party member and former member of Parliament for the federal NDP, to be the New Democratic candidate in the riding of Stikine, which is located in northwestern BC and was previously represented by Doug Donaldson. Cullen, a white man, was nominated after the NDP attempted, but failed, to find a person wanting to run who was a person from an "equity-seeking" group, such as a woman or Indigenous person; the party's policy required that a vacancy left by a male MLA not running for re-election must be filled by a person from these groups. Annita McPhee, an Indigenous woman of the Tahltan Nation who had served as president of the Tahltan Central Government, previously declared her intention to become the NDP candidate, but was not considered by the NDP. The NDP said that McPhee's application contained invalid signatures, and Cullen was nominated before the paperwork problem could be resolved. According to a party official, McPhee had indicated that she did not want to be associated with the NDP following the 2019 federal election, which was denied by McPhee.
On September 28, BC Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson promised a one-year tax holiday on the 7% provincial sales tax, at an estimated cost of $6.9 billion, and to thereafter set it to 3% for the following year, at an estimated cost of $3.9 billion, saying that it would stimulate the economy.
On September 30, NDP leader John Horgan promised to improve conditions at long-term care homes, at a cost of $1.4 billion.
The NDP filed a complaint to Elections BC against Liberal candidate Garry Thind, accusing him of violating the Elections Act by attempting to collect voters' information in order to provide them with a ballot.
On October 4, the BC Liberals announced that they would pause the transition in Surrey from an RCMP force to a local police department, and that they would hold a referendum of whether the city's switch to a local police department should be reversed.
On October 8, the NDP announced that they would commit to building, contingent on contributions from the federal government, the entire 16-kilometre (9.9 mi) SkyTrain Expo Line extension to Langley Centre by 2025.

## Retiring incumbents
### Liberals

* Donna Barnett, Cariboo-Chilcotin
* Rich Coleman, Langley East
* Linda Larson, Boundary-Similkameen
* Linda Reid, Richmond South Centre
* Ralph Sultan, West Vancouver-Capilano
* Steve Thomson, Kelowna-Mission
* John Yap, Richmond-Steveston

### New Democrats

* Carole James, Victoria-Beacon Hill, Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance
* Shane Simpson, Vancouver-Hastings, Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction
* Doug Donaldson, Stikine, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development
* Scott Fraser, Mid Island-Pacific Rim, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation
* Michelle Mungall, Nelson-Creston, Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Competitiveness
* Judy Darcy, New Westminster, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions
* Claire Trevena, North Island, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure

### Independent members

* Andrew Weaver, Oak Bay-Gordon Head, former leader of the Green Party
* Darryl Plecas, Abbotsford South, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly

## Political parties
### Major parties
#### Liberal

The British Columbia Liberal Party, a centre-right party, was led by Andrew Wilkinson. In the previous election, it won 43 seats but was reduced to 41 at dissolution. In the 41st Parliament, the BC Liberals served as the Official Opposition after briefly forming a minority government under then-premier Christy Clark, which was defeated on a confidence vote held 2 months after the 2017 British Columbia general election. The party ran candidates in all 87 ridings.

#### New Democratic

The British Columbia New Democratic Party (NDP), a social democratic centre-left party, was led by John Horgan. It had 41 seats in the outgoing Legislative Assembly and governed BC with a minority government. The party entered a confidence and supply agreement with the Greens following the previous election, allowing the NDP to form government despite being the party with the second-largest share of seats. It ran candidates in all 87 ridings.

#### Green

The Green Party of British Columbia, a green centre-left, was led by Sonia Furstenau. It won 3 seats in the previous election but had been reduced to 2 seats by the time the 2020 election was called. The Green Party supported the minority NDP government by providing confidence and supply. It ran candidates in 74 out of the 87 ridings.

### Minor parties

| Party | Leader | Candidates |
| Christian Heritage | Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson | 5 |
| Communist | Timothy Gidora | 5 |
| Conservative | Trevor Bolin | 19 |
| Libertarian | Donald Wilson | 25 |
| Rural BC | Jonathan Van Barneveld | 1 |
| Vision | Jagmohan Bhandari | 3 |
| Wexit BC | Lee Smith | 2 |

### Independents

Along with the parties above, 24 individuals ran as independent candidates across 22 ridings.

## Debates

Leaders' debates of the 2020 British Columbia general election :
| No. | Date | Place | Organizer(s) | Topic | Moderator | Language | Participants | Participants | Participants | Participants | References |
| P Participant A Absent invitee N Non-invitee O Out of race (exploring, withdrawn or disqualified) | P Participant A Absent invitee N Non-invitee O Out of race (exploring, withdrawn or disqualified) | P Participant A Absent invitee N Non-invitee O Out of race (exploring, withdrawn or disqualified) | P Participant A Absent invitee N Non-invitee O Out of race (exploring, withdrawn or disqualified) | P Participant A Absent invitee N Non-invitee O Out of race (exploring, withdrawn or disqualified) | P Participant A Absent invitee N Non-invitee O Out of race (exploring, withdrawn or disqualified) | P Participant A Absent invitee N Non-invitee O Out of race (exploring, withdrawn or disqualified) | Andrew Wilkinson | John Horgan | Sonia Furstenau | Other leaders | References |
| 1 | October 13, 2020 | Chan Centre, University of British Columbia | CBC News CTV News Global News CityNews CHEK CPAC | Various | Shachi Kurl | English | P | P | P | N | |
| 2 | October 15, 2020 | Radio, by telephone | CKNW | Various | Simi Sara | English | P | P | P | N | |

## Results

Summary of the 2020 British Columbia general election :
| A cartogram showing the popular vote in each constituency. |||||||||||||
| Party | Party | Leader | Candidates | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Party | Party | Leader | Candidates | # | ± | % | Change (pp) | Change (pp) | Change (pp) | 2017 | 2020 | ± |
| | New Democratic | John Horgan | 87 | 898,384 | 102,857 | 47.69 | 7.32 | | 7.32 | 41 | 57 / 87 | 16 |
| | Liberal | Andrew Wilkinson | 87 | 636,148 | 161,046 | 33.77 | -6.52 | | | 43 | 28 / 87 | 15 |
| | Green | Sonia Furstenau | 74 | 284,151 | 48,180 | 15.09 | -1.74 | | | 3 | 2 / 87 | 1 |
| | Conservative | Trevor Bolin | 19 | 35,902 | 25,481 | 1.91 | 1.38 | | 1.38 |
| | Independent | Independent | 24 | 13,818 | 8,304 | 0.33 | -0.20 |
| | Libertarian | Donald Wilson | 25 | 8,360 | 617 | 0.44 | 0.05 |
| | Christian Heritage | Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson | 5 | 3,895 | 497 | 0.21 | 0.04 |
| | Communist | Timothy Gidora | 5 | 786 | 12 | 0.04 | – |
| | Vision | Jagmohan Bhandari | 3 | 761 | | 0.04 | New |
| | Rural | Jonathan Van Barneveld | 1 | 754 | | 0.04 | New |
| | Wexit | Lee Smith | 2 | 673 | | 0.04 | New |
| Total | Total | Total | 332 | 1,883,632 | 1,883,632 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Blank and invalid votes | Blank and invalid votes | Blank and invalid votes | Blank and invalid votes | 14,921 | 3,259 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,898,553 | 87,821 | 53.86% | 7.32 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 3,524,812 | 278,165 |

### Synopsis of results

2020 British Columbia general election – synopsis of riding results :
| Riding | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Turnout | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Riding | 2017 | 2017 | 1st place | 1st place | Votes | Share | Margin # | Margin % | 2nd place | 2nd place | 3rd place | 3rd place | Turnout | NDP | Lib. | Green | Con. | Ind | Other | Total |
| Abbotsford-Mission | | Lib. | | NDP | 10,364 | 41.07% | 744 | 2.95% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 53.45% | 10,364 | 9,620 | 2,667 | 1,989 | – | 595 | 25,235 |
| Abbotsford South | | Lib. | | Lib. | 9,730 | 44.69% | 2,024 | 9.30% | | NDP | | Grn. | 48.46% | 7,706 | 9,730 | 2,617 | – | – | 1,720 | 21,773 |
| Abbotsford West | | Lib. | | Lib. | 8,880 | 45.51% | 1,761 | 9.03% | | NDP | | Con | 49.96% | 7,119 | 8,880 | 1,671 | 1,766 | – | 75 | 19,511 |
| Boundary-Similkameen | | Lib. | | NDP | 10,500 | 49.85% | 2,765 | 13.13% | | Lib. | | Con | 56.84% | 10,500 | 7,735 | – | 2,354 | – | 474 | 21,063 |
| Burnaby-Deer Lake | | NDP | | NDP | 9,190 | 56.62% | 4,027 | 24.81% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 43.78% | 9,190 | 5,163 | 1,878 | – | – | – | 16,231 |
| Burnaby-Edmonds | | NDP | | NDP | 11,063 | 62.01% | 6,309 | 35.36% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 44.36% | 11,063 | 4,754 | 2,023 | – | – | – | 17,840 |
| Burnaby-Lougheed | | NDP | | NDP | 12,574 | 60.25% | 7,188 | 34.44% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 53.09% | 12,574 | 5,386 | 2,628 | – | – | 281 | 20,869 |
| Burnaby North | | NDP | | NDP | 12,894 | 57.80% | 6,048 | 27.11% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 51.41% | 12,894 | 6,846 | 2,568 | – | – | – | 22,308 |
| Cariboo-Chilcotin | | Lib. | | Lib. | 6,600 | 51.25% | 2,420 | 18.79% | | NDP | | Grn. | 50.56% | 4,180 | 6,600 | 1,379 | – | 457 | 263 | 12,879 |
| Cariboo North | | Lib. | | Lib. | 5,367 | 48.42% | 1,558 | 14.06% | | NDP | | Con | 50.19% | 3,809 | 5,367 | 707 | 1,201 | – | – | 11,084 |
| Chilliwack | | Lib. | | NDP | 7,349 | 41.56% | 2,247 | 12.71% | | Lib. | | Con | 47.04% | 7,349 | 5,102 | 1,888 | 2,910 | 257 | 177 | 17,683 |
| Chilliwack-Kent | | Lib. | | NDP | 8,268 | 36.42% | 1,304 | 5.74% | | Lib. | | Ind | 52.03% | 8,268 | 6,964 | 1,822 | – | 5,370 | 278 | 22,702 |
| Columbia River-Revelstoke | | Lib. | | Lib. | 7,034 | 48.03% | 1,326 | 9.05% | | NDP | | Grn. | 54.79% | 5,708 | 7,034 | 1,904 | – | – | – | 14,646 |
| Coquitlam-Burke Mountain | | Lib. | | NDP | 12,627 | 54.94% | 4,303 | 18.72% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 50.43% | 12,627 | 8,324 | 2,033 | – | – | – | 22,984 |
| Coquitlam-Maillardville | | NDP | | NDP | 12,278 | 59.70% | 6,396 | 31.10% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 52.48% | 12,278 | 5,882 | 2,405 | – | – | – | 20,565 |
| Courtenay-Comox | | NDP | | NDP | 14,663 | 50.56% | 6,008 | 20.72% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 61.46% | 14,663 | 8,655 | 5,681 | – | – | – | 28,999 |
| Cowichan Valley | | Grn. | | Grn. | 13,059 | 44.21% | 1,184 | 4.01% | | NDP | | Lib. | 59.85% | 11,875 | 4,606 | 13,059 | – | – | – | 29,540 |
| Delta North | | NDP | | NDP | 12,215 | 56.78% | 5,036 | 23.41% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 56.55% | 12,215 | 7,179 | 2,120 | – | – | – | 21,514 |
| Delta South | | Lib. | | Lib. | 12,828 | 51.70% | 4,424 | 17.83% | | NDP | | Grn. | 66.54% | 8,404 | 12,828 | 3,581 | – | – | – | 24,813 |
| Esquimalt-Metchosin | | NDP | | NDP | 15,070 | 59.32% | 8,930 | 35.15% | | Grn. | | Lib. | 60.98% | 15,070 | 3,940 | 6,140 | – | 254 | – | 25,404 |
| Fraser-Nicola | | Lib. | | Lib. | 5,696 | 41.64% | 282 | 2.06% | | NDP | | Grn. | 51.16% | 5,414 | 5,696 | 1,788 | – | 781 | – | 13,679 |
| Kamloops-North Thompson | | Lib. | | Lib. | 9,341 | 40.99% | 196 | 0.86% | | NDP | | Grn. | 50.60% | 9,145 | 9,341 | 2,224 | 1,928 | 149 | – | 22,787 |
| Kamloops-South Thompson | | Lib. | | Lib. | 13,453 | 51.14% | 4,878 | 18.54% | | NDP | | Grn. | 56.48% | 8,575 | 13,453 | 4,276 | – | – | – | 26,304 |
| Kelowna-Lake Country | | Lib. | | Lib. | 14,679 | 55.73% | 7,558 | 28.70% | | NDP | | Grn. | 49.01% | 7,121 | 14,679 | 3,833 | – | 190 | 515 | 26,338 |
| Kelowna-Mission | | Lib. | | Lib. | 13,483 | 50.76% | 4,878 | 18.36% | | NDP | | Grn. | 52.87% | 8,605 | 13,483 | 4,476 | – | – | – | 26,564 |
| Kelowna West | | Lib. | | Lib. | 12,991 | 49.89% | 4,137 | 15.89% | | NDP | | Grn. | 48.87% | 8,854 | 12,991 | 3,274 | – | 446 | 474 | 26,039 |
| Kootenay East | | Lib. | | Lib. | 9,897 | 57.90% | 4,398 | 25.73% | | NDP | | Grn. | 52.66% | 5,499 | 9,897 | 1,697 | – | – | – | 17,093 |
| Kootenay West | | NDP | | NDP | 10,822 | 61.15% | 7,782 | 43.97% | | Grn. | | Lib. | 52.87% | 10,822 | 1,975 | 3,040 | 1,447 | 413 | – | 17,697 |
| Langford-Juan de Fuca | | NDP | | NDP | 18,073 | 67.89% | 13,636 | 51.22% | | Grn. | | Lib. | 55.35% | 18,073 | 3,980 | 4,437 | – | – | 130 | 26,620 |
| Langley | | Lib. | | NDP | 11,089 | 47.17% | 3,075 | 13.08% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 52.40% | 11,089 | 8,014 | 2,469 | 1,936 | – | – | 23,508 |
| Langley East | | Lib. | | NDP | 13,169 | 42.56% | 2,784 | 9.00% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 58.35% | 13,169 | 10,385 | 3,533 | 3,428 | 195 | 231 | 30,941 |
| Maple Ridge-Mission | | NDP | | NDP | 13,915 | 55.27% | 5,503 | 21.86% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 53.24% | 13,915 | 8,412 | 2,849 | – | – | – | 25,176 |
| Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows | | NDP | | NDP | 15,877 | 63.41% | 6,714 | 26.81% | | Lib. | None | None | 56.11% | 15,877 | 9,163 | – | – | – | – | 25,040 |
| Mid Island-Pacific Rim | | NDP | | NDP | 14,298 | 58.22% | 9,307 | 37.89% | | Grn. | | Lib. | 54.45% | 14,298 | 4,291 | 4,991 | – | 610 | 370 | 24,560 |
| Nanaimo | | NDP | | NDP | 14,344 | 54.49% | 8,266 | 31.40% | | Grn. | | Lib. | 55.14% | 14,344 | 5,903 | 6,078 | – | – | – | 26,325 |
| Nanaimo-North Cowichan | | NDP | | NDP | 12,787 | 49.48% | 5,087 | 19.69% | | Grn. | | Lib. | 56.20% | 12,787 | 5,354 | 7,700 | – | – | – | 25,841 |
| Nechako Lakes | | Lib. | | Lib. | 4,611 | 52.24% | 1,580 | 17.90% | | NDP | | CHP | 49.91% | 3,031 | 4,611 | – | – | 368 | 816 | 8,826 |
| Nelson-Creston | | NDP | | NDP | 7,296 | 41.78% | 1,685 | 9.65% | | Grn. | | Lib. | 58.39% | 7,296 | 4,171 | 5,611 | – | – | 384 | 17,462 |
| New Westminster | | NDP | | NDP | 15,903 | 60.25% | 10,883 | 41.23% | | Grn. | | Lib. | 56.20% | 15,903 | 4,291 | 5,020 | 912 | – | 269 | 26,395 |
| North Coast | | NDP | | NDP | 4,544 | 72.82% | 3,115 | 49.92% | | Lib. | | Ltn | 40.45% | 4,544 | 1,429 | – | – | – | 267 | 6,240 |
| North Island | | NDP | | NDP | 12,467 | 50.75% | 6,563 | 26.72% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 53.93% | 12,467 | 5,904 | 4,731 | 1,462 | – | – | 24,564 |
| North Vancouver-Lonsdale | | NDP | | NDP | 15,878 | 59.87% | 8,604 | 32.44% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 58.51% | 15,878 | 7,274 | 3,369 | – | – | – | 26,521 |
| North Vancouver-Seymour | | Lib. | | NDP | 12,891 | 46.84% | 3,064 | 11.13% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 65.49% | 12,891 | 9,827 | 4,514 | – | – | 291 | 27,523 |
| Oak Bay-Gordon Head | | Grn. | | NDP | 14,748 | 51.12% | 7,386 | 25.60% | | Grn. | | Lib. | 67.79% | 14,748 | 6,597 | 7,362 | – | – | 142 | 28,849 |
| Parksville-Qualicum | | Lib. | | NDP | 13,207 | 42.00% | 2,052 | 6.53% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 64.65% | 13,207 | 11,155 | 5,227 | 1,404 | 454 | – | 31,447 |
| Peace River North | | Lib. | | Lib. | 6,746 | 55.76% | 2,596 | 21.46% | | Con | | NDP | 46.48% | 1,202 | 6,746 | – | 4,150 | – | – | 12,098 |
| Peace River South | | Lib. | | Lib. | 3,862 | 51.19% | 1,559 | 20.67% | | Con | | NDP | 41.66% | 1,180 | 3,862 | – | 2,303 | – | 199 | 7,544 |
| Penticton | | Lib. | | Lib. | 13,217 | 48.19% | 2,874 | 10.48% | | NDP | | Grn. | 56.04% | 10,343 | 13,217 | 3,152 | – | – | 717 | 27,429 |
| Port Coquitlam | | NDP | | NDP | 15,370 | 64.14% | 10,361 | 43.23% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 54.36% | 15,370 | 5,009 | 3,023 | – | – | 563 | 23,965 |
| Port Moody-Coquitlam | | NDP | | NDP | 12,783 | 53.75% | 5,530 | 23.25% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 58.36% | 12,783 | 7,253 | 2,802 | 800 | – | 144 | 23,782 |
| Powell River-Sunshine Coast | | NDP | | NDP | 12,701 | 50.88% | 4,597 | 18.42% | | Grn. | | Lib. | 59.98% | 12,701 | 4,156 | 8,104 | – | – | – | 24,961 |
| Prince George-Mackenzie | | Lib. | | Lib. | 8,543 | 50.80% | 2,826 | 16.80% | | NDP | | Grn. | 49.06% | 5,717 | 8,543 | 1,935 | – | – | 623 | 16,818 |
| Prince George-Valemount | | Lib. | | Lib. | 9,703 | 55.62% | 4,986 | 28.58% | | NDP | | Grn. | 47.42% | 4,717 | 9,703 | 2,597 | – | – | 428 | 17,445 |
| Richmond North Centre | | Lib. | | Lib. | 7,675 | 51.26% | 1,711 | 11.43% | | NDP | | Grn. | 40.36% | 5,964 | 7,675 | 1,333 | – | – | – | 14,972 |
| Richmond-Queensborough | | Lib. | | NDP | 9,406 | 47.65% | 1,678 | 8.50% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 49.56% | 9,406 | 7,728 | 1,496 | 1,108 | – | – | 19,738 |
| Richmond South Centre | | Lib. | | NDP | 6,743 | 50.67% | 179 | 1.35% | | Lib. | None | None | 40.12% | 6,743 | 6,564 | – | – | – | – | 13,307 |
| Richmond-Steveston | | Lib. | | NDP | 10,733 | 52.07% | 1,335 | 6.48% | | Lib. | | Ind | 56.09% | 10,733 | 9,398 | – | – | 483 | – | 20,614 |
| Saanich North and the Islands | | Grn. | | Grn. | 17,897 | 51.97% | 7,907 | 22.96% | | NDP | | Lib. | 67.66% | 9,990 | 6,547 | 17,897 | – | – | – | 34,434 |
| Saanich South | | NDP | | NDP | 15,190 | 55.67% | 8,582 | 31.45% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 65.12% | 15,190 | 6,608 | 5,488 | – | – | – | 27,286 |
| Shuswap | | Lib. | | Lib. | 13,300 | 51.35% | 4,484 | 17.31% | | NDP | | Grn. | 54.68% | 8,816 | 13,300 | 3,784 | – | – | – | 25,900 |
| Skeena | | Lib. | | Lib. | 5,810 | 52.06% | 849 | 7.61% | | NDP | | Ind | 51.89% | 4,961 | 5,810 | – | – | 389 | – | 11,160 |
| Stikine | | NDP | | NDP | 3,745 | 51.77% | 1,841 | 25.45% | | Lib. | | CHP | 50.13% | 3,745 | 1,904 | – | – | – | 1,585 | 7,234 |
| Surrey-Cloverdale | | Lib. | | NDP | 12,992 | 52.10% | 4,234 | 16.98% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 55.16% | 12,992 | 8,758 | 2,169 | 867 | 149 | – | 24,935 |
| Surrey-Fleetwood | | NDP | | NDP | 11,457 | 60.93% | 5,681 | 30.21% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 50.77% | 11,457 | 5,776 | 1,571 | – | – | – | 18,804 |
| Surrey-Green Timbers | | NDP | | NDP | 8,171 | 59.59% | 2,631 | 19.19% | | Lib. | None | None | 47.20% | 8,171 | 5,540 | – | – | – | – | 13,711 |
| Surrey-Guildford | | NDP | | NDP | 10,403 | 60.59% | 5,264 | 30.66% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 45.69% | 10,403 | 5,139 | 1,345 | – | 282 | – | 17,169 |
| Surrey-Newton | | NDP | | NDP | 8,893 | 62.64% | 4,982 | 35.09% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 47.91% | 8,893 | 3,911 | 1,393 | – | – | – | 14,197 |
| Surrey-Panorama | | NDP | | NDP | 12,336 | 55.07% | 2,729 | 12.18% | | Lib. | | Vis | 51.65% | 12,336 | 9,607 | – | – | – | 458 | 22,401 |
| Surrey South | | Lib. | | Lib. | 12,970 | 47.36% | 1,176 | 4.29% | | NDP | | Grn. | 52.74% | 11,794 | 12,970 | 2,623 | – | – | – | 27,387 |
| Surrey-Whalley | | NDP | | NDP | 10,994 | 70.94% | 6,942 | 44.80% | | Lib. | | Vis | 40.59% | 10,994 | 4,052 | – | – | – | 451 | 15,497 |
| Surrey-White Rock | | Lib. | | Lib. | 10,718 | 39.51% | 224 | 0.83% | | NDP | | Grn. | 61.23% | 10,494 | 10,718 | 3,862 | – | 1,607 | 443 | 27,124 |
| Vancouver-Fairview | | NDP | | NDP | 15,538 | 56.07% | 7,968 | 28.75% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 61.08% | 15,538 | 7,570 | 4,368 | – | – | 234 | 27,710 |
| Vancouver-False Creek | | Lib. | | NDP | 11,484 | 46.77% | 2,267 | 9.23% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 51.06% | 11,484 | 9,217 | 3,108 | 465 | – | 280 | 24,554 |
| Vancouver-Fraserview | | NDP | | NDP | 12,247 | 56.37% | 4,736 | 21.80% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 50.22% | 12,247 | 7,511 | 1,969 | – | – | – | 21,727 |
| Vancouver-Hastings | | NDP | | NDP | 13,362 | 60.56% | 9,050 | 41.02% | | Grn. | | Lib. | 51.37% | 13,362 | 3,885 | 4,312 | – | – | 505 | 22,064 |
| Vancouver-Kensington | | NDP | | NDP | 12,481 | 59.97% | 7,226 | 34.72% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 50.89% | 12,481 | 5,255 | 2,874 | – | 202 | – | 20,812 |
| Vancouver-Kingsway | | NDP | | NDP | 12,297 | 67.81% | 8,378 | 46.20% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 44.50% | 12,297 | 3,919 | 1,662 | – | – | 257 | 18,135 |
| Vancouver-Langara | | Lib. | | Lib. | 9,888 | 48.51% | 1,457 | 7.15% | | NDP | | Grn. | 49.45% | 8,431 | 9,888 | 1,840 | – | – | 224 | 20,383 |
| Vancouver-Mount Pleasant | | NDP | | NDP | 14,530 | 66.95% | 10,174 | 46.88% | | Grn. | | Lib. | 48.01% | 14,530 | 2,816 | 4,356 | – | – | – | 21,702 |
| Vancouver-Point Grey | | NDP | | NDP | 12,602 | 51.32% | 4,890 | 19.91% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 59.95% | 12,602 | 7,712 | 4,241 | – | – | – | 24,555 |
| Vancouver-Quilchena | | Lib. | | Lib. | 12,157 | 56.04% | 5,960 | 27.47% | | NDP | | Grn. | 56.52% | 6,197 | 12,157 | 3,341 | – | – | – | 21,695 |
| Vancouver-West End | | NDP | | NDP | 12,439 | 62.31% | 8,425 | 42.21% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 51.77% | 12,439 | 4,014 | 3,250 | – | – | 259 | 19,962 |
| Vernon-Monashee | | Lib. | | NDP | 10,222 | 36.56% | 424 | 1.52% | | Lib. | | Grn. | 52.76% | 10,222 | 9,798 | 4,464 | 3,472 | – | – | 27,956 |
| Victoria-Beacon Hill | | NDP | | NDP | 16,474 | 54.61% | 7,443 | 24.67% | | Grn. | | Lib. | 61.46% | 16,474 | 4,329 | 9,031 | – | 335 | – | 30,169 |
| Victoria-Swan Lake | | NDP | | NDP | 14,186 | 59.35% | 7,548 | 31.58% | | Grn. | | Lib. | 59.02% | 14,186 | 2,729 | 6,638 | – | 241 | 107 | 23,901 |
| West Vancouver-Capilano | | Lib. | | Lib. | 12,734 | 53.55% | 5,540 | 23.30% | | NDP | | Grn. | 58.10% | 7,194 | 12,734 | 3,664 | – | 186 | – | 23,778 |
| West Vancouver-Sea to Sky | | Lib. | | Lib. | 9,249 | 37.54% | 60 | 0.24% | | Grn. | | NDP | 56.89% | 6,197 | 9,249 | 9,189 | – | – | – | 24,635 |
    = Open seat
    = Turnout is above provincial average
    = Winning candidate was in previous Legislature
    = Incumbent had switched allegiance
    = Previously incumbent in another riding
    = Not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
    = Incumbency arose from byelection gain
    = Incumbent ousted from party after nominations closed
    = Other incumbents renominated
    = Previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
    = Multiple candidates

### Detailed analysis

Position attained in seats contested :
| Party | Seats | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Sixth | Stood |
| New Democratic | 57 | 27 | 3 | – | – | – | 87 |
| Liberal | 28 | 43 | 16 | – | – | – | 87 |
| Green | 2 | 15 | 53 | 4 | – | – | 74 |
| Conservative | – | 2 | 4 | 13 | – | – | 19 |
| Independents | – | – | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 24 |
| Christian Heritage | – | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 5 |
| Vision | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 3 |
| Libertarian | – | – | 1 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 25 |
| Communist | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | – | 5 |
| Wexit | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| Rural | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
Principal races, according to 1st- and 2nd-place results :
| Parties | Parties | Seats |
| █ New Democratic | █ Liberal | 68 |
| █ New Democratic | █ Green | 16 |
| █ Liberal | █ Conservative | 2 |
| █ Liberal | █ Green | 1 |
| Total | Total | 87 |
Resulting composition of the 42nd Legislative Assembly of British Columbia :
| Source | Source | Party | Party | Party | Party |
| Source | Source | NDP | Lib. | Grn. | Total |
| Seats retained | Incumbents returned | 33 | 25 | 2 | 60 |
| Seats retained | Open seats held | 8 | 3 | | 11 |
| Seats changing hands | Incumbents defeated | 11 | | | 11 |
| Seats changing hands | Open seats gained | 5 | | | 5 |
| Total | Total | 57 | 28 | 2 | 87 |

### Significant results among independent and minor party candidates

Those candidates not belonging to a major party, receiving more than 1,000 votes in the election, are listed below:
| Riding | Party | Candidates | Votes | Placed |
| Abbotsford South | █ Christian Her. | Laura-Lynn Thompson | 1,720 | 4th |
| Chilliwack-Kent | █ Independent | Jason Lum | 5,370 | 3rd |
| Surrey-White Rock | █ Independent | Megan Knight | 1,607 | 4th |

## Results by riding

The following tables present results by riding per Elections BC.
* Names in bold are outgoing cabinet ministers, and names in italics are party leaders. The premier is in both.
* † denotes incumbent MLAs who are not seeking re-election.
* ‡ denotes incumbent MLAs who are seeking re-election in a different riding.
* A riding name in brackets below the name of the incumbent MLA indicates the name of the predecessor riding contested in the last election.
* Candidate names are given as they appeared on the ballot, and may include formal names and middle names that the candidate does not use in day-to-day political life. For example, Greg Kyllo appeared on the ballot as Gregory James Kyllo.

### Northern British Columbia

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Green | Green | Libertarian | Libertarian | Other | Other | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Nechako Lakes | | John Rustad 4,611 – 52.24% | | Anne Marie Sam 3,031 – 34.34% | | | | Jon Rempel 403 – 4.57% | | Dan Stuart (CHP) 413 – 4.68% Margo Maley (ind.) 368 – 4.17% | John Rustad |
| North Coast | | Roy Jones Jr. 1,429 – 22.90% | | Jennifer Rice 4,544 – 72.82% | | | | Jody Craven 267 – 4.28% | | | Jennifer Rice |
| Peace River North | | Dan Davies 6,746 – 55.76% | | Danielle Monroe 1,202 – 9.94% | | | | | | Trevor Bolin (Cons.) 4,150 – 34.30% | Dan Davies |
| Peace River South | | Mike Bernier 3,862 – 51.19% | | Cory Grizz Longley 1,180 – 15.64% | | | | | | Kathleen Connolly (Cons.) 2,303 – 30.53% Dorothy Sharon Smith (Wexit) 199 – 2.64% | Mike Bernier |
| Prince George-Mackenzie | | Mike Morris 8,543 – 50.80% | | Joan Atkinson 5,717 – 33.99% | | Catharine Kendall 1,935 – 11.51% | | Raymond Rodgers 287 – 1.71% | | Dee Kranz (CHP) 336 – 2.00% | Mike Morris |
| Prince George-Valemount | | Shirley Bond 9,703 – 55.62% | | Laura Parent 4,717 – 27.04% | | Mackenzie Kerr 2,597 – 14.89% | | Sean Robson 428 – 2.45% | | | Shirley Bond |
| Skeena | | Ellis Ross 5,810 – 52.06% | | Nicole Halbauer 4,961 – 44.45% | | | | | | Martin Holzbauer (ind.) 389 – 3.49% | Ellis Ross |
| Stikine | | Gordon Sebastian 1,904 – 26.32% | | Nathan Cullen 3,745 – 51.77% | | | | | | Rod Taylor (CHP) 831 – 11.49% Darcy Repen (Rural) 754 – 10.42% | †Doug Donaldson |

### Kootenays

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Green | Green | Other | Other | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Columbia River-Revelstoke | | Doug Clovechok 7,034 – 48.03% | | Nicole Cherlet 5,708 – 38.97% | | Samson Boyer 1,904 – 13.00% | | | Doug Clovechok |
| Kootenay East | | Tom Shypitka 9,897 – 57.90% | | Wayne Stetski 5,499 – 32.17% | | Kerri Wall 1,697 – 9.93% | | | Tom Shypitka |
| Kootenay West | | Corbin Kelley 1,975 – 11.16% | | Katrine Conroy 10,822 – 61.15% | | Andrew Duncan 3,040 – 17.18% | | Glen Byle (Cons.) 1,447 – 8.18% Ed Varney (ind.) 224 – 1.27% Fletcher Quince (ind.) 189 – 1.07% | Katrine Conroy |
| Nelson-Creston | | Tanya Finley 4,171 – 23.89% | | Brittny Anderson 7,296 – 41.78% | | Nicole Charlwood 5,611 – 32.13% | | Terry Tiessen (Ltn.) 384 – 2.20% | †Michelle Mungall |

### Okanagan, Shuswap and Boundary

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Green | Green | Other | Other | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Boundary-Similkameen | | Petra Veintimilla 7,735 – 36.72% | | Roly Russell 10,500 – 49.85% | | | | Darryl Seres (Cons.) 2,354 – 11.18% Arlyn Greig (Wexit) 474 – 2.25% | †Linda Larson |
| Kelowna-Lake Country | | Norm Letnick 14,679 – 55.73% | | Justin Kulik 7,121 – 27.04% | | John Janmaat 3,833 – 14.55% | | Kyle Geronazzo (Ltn.) 515 – 1.96% Silverado Socrates (ind.) 190 – 0.72% | Norm Letnick |
| Kelowna-Mission | | Renee Merrifield 13,483 – 50.76% | | Krystal Smith 8,605 – 32.39% | | Amanda Poon 4,476 – 16.85% | | | †Steve Thomson |
| Kelowna West | | Ben Stewart 12,991 – 49.89% | | Spring Hawes 8,854 – 34.00% | | Peter Truch 3,274 – 12.57% | | Matt Badura (Ltn.) 474 – 1.82% Magee Mitchell (ind.) 446 – 1.71% | Ben Stewart |
| Penticton | | Dan Ashton 13,217 – 48.19% | | Toni Boot 10,343 – 37.71% | | Ted Shumaker 3,152 – 11.49% | | Keith MacIntyre (Ltn.) 717 – 2.61% | Dan Ashton |
| Shuswap | | Greg Kyllo 13,300 – 51.35% | | Sylvia Lindgren 8,816 – 34.04% | | Owen Madden 3,784 – 14.61% | | | Greg Kyllo |
| Vernon-Monashee | | Eric Foster 9,798 – 35.05% | | Harwinder Sandhu 10,222 – 36.56% | | Keli Westgate 4,464 – 15.97% | | Kyle Delfing (Cons.) 3,472 – 12.42% | Eric Foster |

### Thompson and Cariboo

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Green | Green | Other | Other | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Cariboo-Chilcotin | | Lorne Doerkson 6,600 – 51.25% | | Scott Andrews 4,180 – 32.46% | | David Laing 1,379 – 10.71% | | Katya Potekhina (ind.) 457 – 3.55% James Buckley (Ltn.) 263 – 2.04% | †Donna Barnett |
| Cariboo North | | Coralee Oakes 5,367 – 48.42% | | Scott Elliott 3,809 – 34.36% | | Douglas Gook 707 – 6.38% | | Kyle Townsend (Cons.) 1,201 – 10.84% | Coralee Oakes |
| Fraser-Nicola | | Jackie Tegart 5,696 – 41.64% | | Aaron Sumexheltza 5,414 – 39.58% | | Jonah Timms 1,788 – 13.07% | | Dennis Adamson (ind.) 438 – 3.20% Mike Bhangu (ind.) 343 – 2.51% | Jackie Tegart |
| Kamloops-North Thompson | | Peter Milobar 9,341 – 40.99% | | Sadie Hunter 9,145 – 40.13% | | Thomas Martin 2,224 – 9.76% | | Dennis Giesbrecht (Cons.) 1,928 – 8.46% Brandon Russell (ind.) 149 – 0.65% | Peter Milobar |
| Kamloops-South Thompson | | Todd Stone 13,453 – 51.14% | | Anna Thomas 8,575 – 32.60% | | Dan Hines 4,276 – 16.26% | | | Todd Stone |

### Fraser Valley

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Green | Green | Conservative | Conservative | Other | Other | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Abbotsford-Mission | | Simon Gibson 9,620 – 38.12% | | Pam Alexis 10,364 – 41.07% | | Stephen Fowler 2,667 – 10.57% | | Trevor Hamilton 1,989 – 7.88% | | Aeriol Alderking (CHP) 595 – 2.36% | Simon Gibson |
| Abbotsford South | | Bruce Banman 9,730 – 44.69% | | Inder Johal 7,706 – 35.39% | | Aird Flavelle 2,617 – 12.02% | | | | Laura-Lynn Thompson (CHP) 1,720 – 7.90% | †Darryl Plecas |
| Abbotsford West | | Mike de Jong 8,880 – 45.51% | | Preet Rai 7,119 – 36.49% | | Kevin Eastwood 1,671 – 8.56% | | Michael Henshall 1,766 – 9.05% | | Sukhi Gill (Vision) 75 – 0.38% | Mike de Jong |
| Chilliwack | | John Martin 5,102 – 28.85% | | Dan Coulter 7,349 – 41.56% | | Tim Cooper 1,888 – 10.68% | | Diane Janzen 2,910 – 16.46% | | Josue Anderson (ind.) 257 – 1.45% Andrew Coombes (Ltn.) 177 – 1.00% | John Martin |
| Chilliwack-Kent | | Laurie Throness 6,964 – 30.68% | | Kelli Paddon 8,268 – 36.42% | | Jeff Hammersmark 1,822 – 8.03% | | | | Jason Lum (ind.) 5,370 – 23.65% Eli Gagne (Ltn.) 278 – 1.22% | Laurie Throness |
| Langley | | Mary Polak 8,014 – 34.09% | | Andrew Mercier 11,089 – 47.17% | | Bill Masse 2,469 – 10.50% | | Shelly Jan 1,936 – 8.24% | | | Mary Polak |
| Langley East | | Margaret Kunst 10,385 – 33.56% | | Megan Dykeman 13,169 – 42.56% | | Cheryl Wiens 3,533 – 11.42% | | Ryan Warawa 3,428 – 11.08% | | Alex Joehl (Ltn.) 231 – 0.75% Tara Reeve (ind.) 195 – 0.63% | †Rich Coleman |
| Maple Ridge-Mission | | Chelsa Meadus 9,009 – 33.75% | | Bob D'Eith 14,721 – 55.15% | | Matt Trenholm 2,962 – 11.10% | | | | | Bob D'Eith |
| Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows | | Cheryl Ashlie 9,163 – 36.59% | | Lisa Beare 15,877 – 63.41% | | | | | | | Lisa Beare |

### Surrey

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Green | Green | Other | Other | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Surrey-Cloverdale | | Marvin Hunt 8,758 – 35.12% | | Mike Starchuk 12,992 – 52.10% | | Rebecca Smith 2,169 – 8.70% | | Aisha Bali (Cons.) 867 – 3.48% Marcella Williams (ind.) 149 – 0.60% | Marvin Hunt |
| Surrey-Fleetwood | | Garry Thind 5,776 – 30.72% | | Jagrup Brar 11,457 – 60.93% | | Dean McGee 1,571 – 8.35% | | | Jagrup Brar |
| Surrey-Green Timbers | | Dilraj Atwal 5,540 – 40.41% | | Rachna Singh 8,171 – 59.59% | | | | | Rachna Singh |
| Surrey-Guildford | | Dave Hans 5,139 – 29.93% | | Garry Begg 10,403 – 60.59% | | Jodi Murphy 1,345 – 7.83% | | Sam Kofalt (ind.) 282 – 1.64% | Garry Begg |
| Surrey-Newton | | Paul Boparai 3,911 – 27.55% | | Harry Bains 8,893 – 62.64% | | Asad Syed 1,393 – 9.81% | | | Harry Bains |
| Surrey-Panorama | | Gulzar Cheema 9,607 – 42.89% | | Jinny Sims 12,336 – 55.07% | | | | Sophie Shrestha (Vision) 458 – 2.04% | Jinny Sims |
| Surrey South | | Stephanie Cadieux 12,970 – 47.36% | | Pauline Greaves 11,794 – 43.06% | | Tim Ibbotson 2,623 – 9.58% | | | Stephanie Cadieux |
| Surrey-Whalley | | Shaukat Khan 4,052 – 26.15% | | Bruce Ralston 10,994 – 70.94% | | | | Jag Bhandari (Vision) 228 – 1.47% Ryan Abbott (Comm.) 223 – 1.44% | Bruce Ralston |
| Surrey-White Rock | | Trevor Halford 10,718 – 39.51% | | Bryn Smith 10,494 – 38.69% | | Beverly Hobby 3,862 – 14.24% | | Megan Knight (ind.) 1,607 – 5.92% Jason Bax (Ltn.) 443 – 1.63% | Vacant |

### Richmond and Delta

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Green | Green | Other | Other | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Delta North | | Jet Sunner 7,179 – 33.37% | | Ravi Kahlon 12,215 – 56.78% | | Neema Manral 2,120 – 9.85% | | | Ravi Kahlon |
| Delta South | | Ian Paton 12,828 – 51.70% | | Bruce Reid 8,404 – 33.87% | | Peter van der Velden 3,581 – 14.43% | | | Ian Paton |
| Richmond North Centre | | Teresa Wat 7,675 – 51.26% | | Jaeden Dela Torre 5,964 – 39.83% | | Vernon Wang 1,333 – 8.90% | | | Teresa Wat |
| Richmond-Queensborough | | Jas Johal 7,728 – 39.15% | | Aman Singh 9,406 – 47.65% | | Earl Einarson 1,496 – 7.58% | | Kay Hale (Cons.) 1,108 – 5.61% | Jas Johal |
| Richmond South Centre | | Alexa Loo 6,564 – 49.33% | | Henry Yao 6,743 – 50.67% | | | | | †Linda Reid |
| Richmond-Steveston | | Matt Pitcairn 9,398 – 45.59% | | Kelly Greene 10,733 – 52.07% | | | | Vince Li (ind.) 483 – 2.34% | †John Yap |

### Burnaby, New Westminster, and the Tri-Cities

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Green | Green | Other | Other | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Burnaby-Deer Lake | | Glynnis Hoi Sum Chan 5,163 – 31.81% | | Anne Kang 9,190 – 56.62% | | Mehreen Chaudry 1,878 – 11.57% | | | Anne Kang |
| Burnaby-Edmonds | | Tripat Atwal 4,754 – 26.65% | | Raj Chouhan 11,063 – 62.01% | | Iqbal Parekh 2,023 – 11.34% | | | Raj Chouhan |
| Burnaby-Lougheed | | Tariq Malik 5,386 – 25.81% | | Katrina Chen 12,574 – 60.25% | | Andrew Williamson 2,628 – 12.59% | | Dominique Paynter (Ltn.) 281 – 1.35% | Katrina Chen |
| Burnaby North | | Raymond Dong 6,846 – 30.69% | | Janet Routledge 12,894 – 57.80% | | Norine Shim 2,568 – 11.51% | | | Janet Routledge |
| Coquitlam-Burke Mountain | | Joan Isaacs 8,324 – 36.22% | | Fin Donnelly 12,627 – 54.94% | | Adam Bremner-Akins 2,033 – 8.85% | | | Joan Isaacs |
| Coquitlam-Maillardville | | Will Davis 5,882 – 28.60% | | Selina Robinson 12,278 – 59.70% | | Nicola Spurling 2,405 – 11.69% | | | Selina Robinson |
| New Westminster | | Lorraine Brett 4,291 – 16.26% | | Jennifer Whiteside 15,903 – 60.25% | | Cyrus Sy 5,020 – 19.02% | | Benny Ogden (Cons.) 912 – 3.46% Donald Wilson (Ltn.) 269 – 1.02% | †Judy Darcy |
| Port Coquitlam | | Mehran Zargham 5,009 – 20.90% | | Mike Farnworth 15,370 – 64.14% | | Erik Minty 3,023 – 12.61% | | Lewis Clarke Dahlby (Ltn.) 563 – 2.35% | Mike Farnworth |
| Port Moody-Coquitlam | | James Robertson 7,253 – 30.50% | | Rick Glumac 12,783 – 53.75% | | John Latimer 2,802 – 11.78% | | Brandon Fonseca (Cons.) 800 – 3.36% Logan Smith (Ltn.) 144 – 0.61% | Rick Glumac |

### Vancouver

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Green | Green | Libertarian | Libertarian | Other | Other | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Vancouver-Fairview | | George Affleck 7,570 – 27.32% | | George Heyman 15,538 – 56.07% | | Ian Goldman 4,368 – 15.76% | | Sandra Filosof-Schipper 234 – 0.84% | | | George Heyman |
| Vancouver-False Creek | | Sam Sullivan 9,217 – 37.54% | | Brenda Bailey 11,484 – 46.77% | | Maayan Kreitzman 3,108 – 12.66% | | Naomi Chocyk 280 – 1.14% | | Erik Gretland (Cons.) 465 – 1.89% | Sam Sullivan |
| Vancouver-Fraserview | | David Grewal 7,511 – 34.57% | | George Chow 12,247 – 56.37% | | Francoise Raunet 1,969 – 9.06% | | | | | George Chow |
| Vancouver-Hastings | | Alex Read 3,885 – 17.61% | | Niki Sharma 13,362 – 60.56% | | Bridget Burns 4,312 – 19.54% | | Golok Z. Buday 321 – 1.45% | | Kimball Cariou (Comm.) 184 – 0.83% | †Shane Simpson |
| Vancouver-Kensington | | Paul Lepage 5,255 – 25.25% | | Mable Elmore 12,481 – 59.97% | | Nazanin Moghadami 2,874 – 13.81% | | | | Salvatore Vetro (ind.) 202 – 0.97% | Mable Elmore |
| Vancouver-Kingsway | | Cole Anderson 3,919 – 21.61% | | Adrian Dix 12,297 – 67.81% | | Scott Bernstein 1,662 – 9.16% | | Karin Litzcke 257 – 1.42% | | | Adrian Dix |
| Vancouver-Langara | | Michael Lee 9,888 – 48.51% | | Tesicca Chi-Ying Truong 8,431 – 41.26% | | Stephanie Hendy 1,840 – 9.03% | | Paul Matthews 224 – 1.10% | | | Michael Lee |
| Vancouver-Mount Pleasant | | George Vassilas 2,816 – 12.98% | | Melanie Mark 14,530 – 66.95% | | Kelly Tatham 4,356 – 20.07% | | | | | Melanie Mark |
| Vancouver-Point Grey | | Mark Bowen 7,712 – 31.41% | | David Eby 12,602 – 51.32% | | Devyani Singh 4,241 – 17.27% | | | | | David Eby |
| Vancouver-Quilchena | | Andrew Wilkinson 12,157 – 56.04% | | Heather McQuillan 6,197 – 28.56% | | Michael Barkusky 3,341 – 15.40% | | | | | Andrew Wilkinson |
| Vancouver-West End | | Jon Ellacott 4,014 – 20.11% | | Spencer Chandra Herbert 12,439 – 62.31% | | James Marshall 3,250 – 16.28% | | Kim McCann 259 – 1.30% | | | Spencer Chandra Herbert |

### North Shore

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Green | Green | Other | Other | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| North Vancouver-Lonsdale | | Lyn Anglin 7,274 – 27.43% | | Bowinn Ma 15,878 – 59.87% | | Christopher Hakes 3,369 – 12.70% | | | Bowinn Ma |
| North Vancouver-Seymour | | Jane Thornthwaite 9,827 – 35.70% | | Susie Chant 12,891 – 46.84% | | Harrison Johnson 4,514 – 16.40% | | Clayton Welwood (Ltn.) 291 – 1.06% | Jane Thornthwaite |
| West Vancouver-Capilano | | Karin Kirkpatrick 12,734 – 53.55% | | Amelia Hill 7,194 – 30.25% | | Rasoul Narimani 3,664 – 15.41% | | Anton Shendryk (ind.) 186 – 0.78% | †Ralph Sultan |
| West Vancouver-Sea to Sky | | Jordan Sturdy 9,249 – 37.54% | | Keith Murdoch 6,194 – 25.16% | | Jeremy Valeriote 9,189 – 37.30% | | | Jordan Sturdy |

### Vancouver Island and Sunshine Coast

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Green | Green | Other | Other | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Courtenay-Comox | | Brennan Day 8,655 – 29.85% | | Ronna-Rae Leonard 14,663 – 50.56% | | Gillian Anderson 5,681 – 19.59% | | | Ronna-Rae Leonard |
| Cowichan Valley | | Tanya Kaul 4,606 – 15.59% | | Rob Douglas 11,875 – 40.20% | | Sonia Furstenau 13,059 – 44.21% | | | Sonia Furstenau |
| Mid Island-Pacific Rim | | Helen Poon 4,291 – 17.47% | | Josie Osborne 14,298 – 58.22% | | Evan Jolicoeur 4,991 – 20.32% | | Graham Hughes (ind.) 610 – 2.48% Robert Alexander Clarke (Ltn.) 370 – 1.51% | †Scott Fraser |
| Nanaimo | | Kathleen Jones 5,903 – 22.42% | | Sheila Malcolmson 14,344 – 54.49% | | Lia Marie Constance Versaevel 6,078 – 23.09% | | | Sheila Malcolmson |
| Nanaimo-North Cowichan | | Duck Paterson 5,354 – 20.72% | | Doug Routley 12,787 – 49.48% | | Chris Istace 7,700 – 29.80% | | | Doug Routley |
| North Island | | Norm Facey 5,904 – 24.04% | | Michele Babchuk 12,467 – 50.75% | | Alexandra Morton 4,731 – 19.26% | | John Twigg (Cons.) 1,462 – 5.95% | †Claire Trevena |
| Parksville-Qualicum | | Michelle Stilwell 11,155 – 35.47% | | Adam Walker 13,207 – 42.00% | | Rob Lyon 5,227 – 16.62% | | Don Purdey (Cons.) 1,404 – 4.46% John St John (ind.) 454 – 1.44% | Michelle Stilwell |
| Powell River-Sunshine Coast | | Sandra Stoddart-Hansen 4,156 – 16.65% | | Nicholas Simons 12,701 – 50.88% | | Kim Darwin 8,104 – 32.47% | | | Nicholas Simons |

### Greater Victoria

| Electoral district | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Incumbent |
| Electoral district | Liberal | Liberal | NDP | NDP | Green | Green | Other | Other | Incumbent | Incumbent |
| Esquimalt-Metchosin | | RJ Senko 3,940 – 15.51% | | Mitzi Dean 15,070 – 59.32% | | Andy Mackinnon 6,140 – 24.17% | | Desta McPherson (ind.) 254 – 1.00% | Mitzi Dean |
| Langford-Juan de Fuca | | Kelly Darwin 3,980 – 14.95% | | John Horgan 18,073 – 67.89% | | Gord Baird 4,437 – 16.67% | | Tyson Riel Strandlund (Comm.) 130 – 0.49% | John Horgan |
| Oak Bay-Gordon Head | | Roxanne Helme 6,597 – 22.87% | | Murray Rankin 14,748 – 51.12% | | Nicole Duncan 7,362 – 25.52% | | Florian Castle (Comm.) 142 – 0.49% | †Andrew Weaver |
| Saanich North and the Islands | | Stephen P. Roberts 6,547 – 19.01% | | Zeb King 9,990 – 29.01% | | Adam Olsen 17,897 – 51.97% | | | Adam Olsen |
| Saanich South | | Rishi Sharma 6,608 – 24.22% | | Lana Popham 15,190 – 55.67% | | Kate O'Connor 5,488 – 20.11% | | | Lana Popham |
| Victoria-Beacon Hill | | Karen Bill 4,329 – 14.35% | | Grace Lore 16,474 – 54.61% | | Jenn Neilson 9,031 – 29.93% | | Jordan Reichert (ind.) 335 – 1.11% | †Carole James |
| Victoria-Swan Lake | | David Somerville 2,743 – 11.35% | | Rob Fleming 14,384 – 59.49% | | Annemieke Holthuis 6,700 – 27.71% | | Jenn Smith (ind.) 244 – 1.01% Walt Parsons (Comm.) 107 – 0.44% | Rob Fleming |

## Seats changing hands

11 incumbent MLAs lost their seats.
| Party in 2017 | Name | Constituency | Year elected | Seat held by party since | Defeated by | Elected party in 2020 |
| BC Liberal | Eric Foster | Vernon-Monashee | 2009 | 1996 | Harwinder Sandhu | New Democratic |
| BC Liberal | Simon Gibson | Abbotsford-Mission | 2009 | 2009 | Pam Alexis | New Democratic |
| BC Liberal | John Martin | Chilliwack | 2013 | 2001 | Dan Coulter | New Democratic |
| BC Liberal | Laurie Throness | Chilliwack-Kent | 2013 | 2013 | Kelli Paddon | New Democratic |
| BC Liberal | Mary Polak | Langley | 2005 | 1991 | Andrew Mercier | New Democratic |
| BC Liberal | Marvin Hunt | Surrey-Cloverdale | 2017 | 1991 | Mike Starchuk | New Democratic |
| BC Liberal | Jas Johal | Richmond-Queensborough | 2017 | 2017 | Aman Singh | New Democratic |
| BC Liberal | Joan Isaacs | Coquitlam-Burke Mountain | 2017 | 2017 | Fin Donnelly | New Democratic |
| BC Liberal | Sam Sullivan | Vancouver-False Creek | 2013 | 2009 | Brenda Bailey | New Democratic |
| BC Liberal | Jane Thornthwaite | North Vancouver-Seymour | 2009 | 1991 | Susie Chant | New Democratic |
| BC Liberal | Michelle Stilwell | Parksville-Qualicum | 2013 | 1996 | Adam Walker | New Democratic |
Open seats changing hands
| Party in 2017 | Candidate | Retiring incumbent | Constituency | Defeated by | Elected party in 2020 |
| BC Liberal | Petra Veintimilla | Linda Larson | Boundary-Similkameen | Roly Russell | New Democratic |
| BC Liberal | Margaret Kunst | Rich Coleman | Langley East | Megan Dykeman | New Democratic |
| BC Liberal | Alexa Loo | Linda Reid | Richmond South Centre | Henry Yao | New Democratic |
| BC Liberal | Matt Pitcairn | John Yap | Richmond-Steveston | Kelly Greene | New Democratic |
| Green | Nicole Duncan | Andrew Weaver | Oak Bay-Gordon Head | Murray Rankin | New Democratic |

## Student Vote results

Student votes are mock elections that run parallel to actual elections, in which students not of voting age participate. They are administered by Student Vote Canada. Student vote elections are for educational purposes and do not count towards the results. There were ties in two constituencies, Kelowna—Lake Country (BC Green and BC NDP) and Shuswap (BC Liberal and BC NDP), which were both counted twice.
Summary of the 2020 BC Student Vote :
| Party | Party | Leader | Seats | Seats | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Leader | Elected | % | # | % |
| | New Democratic | John Horgan | 58 | 65.17 | 33,655 | 39.86 |
| | Green | Sonia Furstenau | 17 | 19.10 | 23,371 | 27.68 |
| | Liberal | Andrew Wilkinson | 12 | 13.48 | 21,545 | 25.52 |
| | Conservative | Trevor Bolin | 1 | 1.12 | 2,066 | 2.45 |
| | Christian Heritage | Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson | 1 | 1.12 | 336 | 0.40 |
| | Others | Others | 0 | 0 | 3,463 | 4.09 |
| Total | Total | Total | 87+2 | 100.0 | 84,436 | 100.0 |
| Source: Student Vote Canada |||||||

## Opinion polls
### Voter intention polling

Opinion polling (2017–2020) :
| Polling firm | Date of polling | Sample size | Lib. | NDP | Grn. | Con. | Oth. | Lead | Type of poll | Margin of error |
| 2020 election results | Oct 24, 2020 | 1,885,425 | 33.77% | 47.70% | 15.08% | 1.90% | 1.10% | 14.00 | N/A | N/A |
| Mainstreet | Oct 22–23, 2020 | 704 | 30.6% | 50.5% | 15.9% | N/A | 3.0% | 19.9% | IVR | 3.7% |
| Research Co. | Oct 22–23, 2020 | 750 | 35% | 50% | 13% | 2% | 1% | 15% | Online | 3.6% |
| Forum Research | Oct 22–23, 2020 | 1,314 | 33.9% | 43.4% | 17.9% | N/A | 4.8% | 9.5% | IVR | 3.0% |
| Ipsos | Oct 19–22, 2020 | 1,502 | 34% | 51% | 13% | N/A | 2% | 17% | Online/telephone | 3.5% |
| Léger | Oct 18–21, 2020 | 1,100 | 36% | 47% | 14% | N/A | 3% | 11% | Online | 3.0% |
| Angus Reid | Oct 16–19, 2020 | 1,201 | 35% | 45% | 16% | 3% | 1% | 10% | Online | 2.8% |
| Angus Reid | Oct 14–15, 2020 | 801 | 33% | 49% | 14% | 3% | 2% | 16% | Online | 3.5% |
| Insights West | Oct 13–14, 2020 | 1,030 | 33% | 47% | 14% | 6% | 1% | 14% | Online | 3.1% |
| Ipsos / Global BC, CKNW | Oct 8–11, 2020 | 1,000 | 34% | 52% | 11% | N/A | 3% | 18% | Online | 3.5% |
| Léger | Oct 6–9, 2020 | 1,100 | 35% | 50% | 12% | N/A | 3% | 15% | Online | 3.0% |
| Research Co. | Oct 5–7, 2020 | 750 | 36% | 48% | 13% | 2% | 1% | 12% | Online | 3.6% |
| Angus Reid | Oct 1–3, 2020 | 989 | 31% | 49% | 14% | N/A | 5% | 18% | Online | 4% |
| Mainstreet/338Canada | Sep 26–29, 2020 | 1,041 | 34% | 45% | 16% | 2% | N/A | 11% | IVR | 3.04% |
| Léger | Sep 24–28, 2020 | 802 | 31% | 47% | 12% | 9% | N/A | 16% | Online | 3.5% |
| Ipsos | Sep 24–28, 2020 | 1,251 | 33% | 51% | 12% | N/A | 4% | 18% | Online/telephone | 3.2% |
| Insights West | Sep 22–23, 2020 | 1,000 | 29% | 42% | 16% | 12% | 1% | 13% | Online | 3.1% |
| Research Co. | Sep 21–23, 2020 | 750 | 37% | 44% | 13% | 4% | 1% | 7% | Online | 3.6% |
| | Sep 21, 2020 | Premier John Horgan announces a snap election to be held on October 24, 2020. | Premier John Horgan announces a snap election to be held on October 24, 2020. | Premier John Horgan announces a snap election to be held on October 24, 2020. | Premier John Horgan announces a snap election to be held on October 24, 2020. | Premier John Horgan announces a snap election to be held on October 24, 2020. | Premier John Horgan announces a snap election to be held on October 24, 2020. | Premier John Horgan announces a snap election to be held on October 24, 2020. | Premier John Horgan announces a snap election to be held on October 24, 2020. | Premier John Horgan announces a snap election to be held on October 24, 2020. |
| | Sep 14, 2020 | Sonia Furstenau is elected leader of the Green Party. | Sonia Furstenau is elected leader of the Green Party. | Sonia Furstenau is elected leader of the Green Party. | Sonia Furstenau is elected leader of the Green Party. | Sonia Furstenau is elected leader of the Green Party. | Sonia Furstenau is elected leader of the Green Party. | Sonia Furstenau is elected leader of the Green Party. | Sonia Furstenau is elected leader of the Green Party. | Sonia Furstenau is elected leader of the Green Party. |
| Angus Reid | Aug 26 – Sep 1, 2020 | 655 | 29% | 48% | 14% | 8% | 1% | 19% | Online | 4% |
| EKOS Research Associates | Jul 18 – Aug 28, 2020 | 1,984 | 25% | 51% | 14% | N/A | 11% | 26% | Telephone | 2.2% |
| Innovative Research Group | Jul 14–20, 2020 | 441 | 36% | 38% | 12% | 13% | 1% | 2% | Online | N/A |
| EKOS Research Associates | Jun 16 – Jul 17, 2020 | 1,504 | 29% | 46% | 13% | N/A | 12% | 17% | Telephone | 2.5% |
| Insight West | Jun 24–28, 2020 | 830 | 29% | 47% | 11% | 12% | 1% | 18% | Online | 3.4% |
| Innovative Research Group | Jun 19–23, 2020 | 268 | 32% | 42% | 12% | 13% | 0% | 10% | Online | N/A |
| Innovative Research Group | May 29 – Jun 1, 2020 | 261 | 34% | 43% | 10% | 12% | 1% | 9% | Online | N/A |
| Research Co. | May 23–25, 2020 | 800 | 33% | 41% | 16% | 9% | 1% | 8% | Online | 3.5% |
| Angus Reid | May 19–24, 2020 | 603 | 29% | 47% | 12% | 10% | 2% | 18% | Online | 1.4% |
| Innovative Research Group | May 1–5, 2020 | 261 | 36% | 42% | 10% | 12% | 3% | 6% | Online | N/A |
| Angus Reid | Feb 24–28, 2020 | 608 | 31% | 36% | 21% | 10% | 2% | 5% | Online | 3%–6.6% |
| | Jan 6, 2020 | Adam Olsen is chosen as interim leader of the Green Party. | Adam Olsen is chosen as interim leader of the Green Party. | Adam Olsen is chosen as interim leader of the Green Party. | Adam Olsen is chosen as interim leader of the Green Party. | Adam Olsen is chosen as interim leader of the Green Party. | Adam Olsen is chosen as interim leader of the Green Party. | Adam Olsen is chosen as interim leader of the Green Party. | Adam Olsen is chosen as interim leader of the Green Party. | Adam Olsen is chosen as interim leader of the Green Party. |
| Insight West | Nov 7–9, 2019 | 808 | 32% | 35% | 14% | 17% | 2% | 3% | Online | 3.4% |
| | Oct 7, 2019 | Andrew Weaver announces his resignation as leader of the Green Party. | Andrew Weaver announces his resignation as leader of the Green Party. | Andrew Weaver announces his resignation as leader of the Green Party. | Andrew Weaver announces his resignation as leader of the Green Party. | Andrew Weaver announces his resignation as leader of the Green Party. | Andrew Weaver announces his resignation as leader of the Green Party. | Andrew Weaver announces his resignation as leader of the Green Party. | Andrew Weaver announces his resignation as leader of the Green Party. | Andrew Weaver announces his resignation as leader of the Green Party. |
| Insights West | Jun 6–12, 2019 | 848 | 30% | 35% | 18% | 14% | 3% | 5% | Online | 4.3% |
| Research Co. | May 20–22, 2019 | 800 | 30% | 39% | 21% | 9% | 1% | 9% | Online | 3.5% |
| | Apr 8, 2019 | Trevor Bolin is elected leader of the BC Conservatives. | Trevor Bolin is elected leader of the BC Conservatives. | Trevor Bolin is elected leader of the BC Conservatives. | Trevor Bolin is elected leader of the BC Conservatives. | Trevor Bolin is elected leader of the BC Conservatives. | Trevor Bolin is elected leader of the BC Conservatives. | Trevor Bolin is elected leader of the BC Conservatives. | Trevor Bolin is elected leader of the BC Conservatives. | Trevor Bolin is elected leader of the BC Conservatives. |
| Mainstreet | Mar 20–21, 2019 | 923 | 32.4% | 39.0% | 13.3% | 12.1% | 3.3% | 6.6% | Telephone | 3.23% |
| Justason | Feb 26 – Mar 13, 2019 | 812 | 31% | 30% | 16% | 19% | 3% | 1% | Telephone | 3.4% |
| Mainstreet | Jan 13–14, 2019 | 887 | 34.9% | 37.0% | 14.6% | 11.2% | 2.2% | 2.1% | Telephone | 3.29% |
| Insights West | Nov 2–6, 2018 | 814 | 32.9% | 38.2% | 13.2% | 11.8% | 3.9% | 5.3% | N/A | N/A |
| Mainstreet | Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2018 | 616 | 33.9% | 32.3% | 18.2% | 12.6% | 3% | 1.6% | Telephone | 3.92% |
| Mainstreet | Jul 15–17, 2018 | 933 | 33.9% | 33.2% | 16.0% | 14.6% | 2.3% | 0.7% | Telephone | 3.21% |
| Insights West | Jul 12–15, 2018 | 1,053 | 32% | 37% | 17% | 12% | 2% | 5% | Online | 3.0% |
| Angus Reid | May 4–7, 2018 | 809 | 36% | 41% | 17% | N/A | 6% | 5% | Online | 3.4% |
| Mainstreet | Apr 16–18, 2018 | 900 | 36.8% | 34.8% | 15.7% | 11.4% | 1.4% | 2.0% | Telephone | 3.27% |
| Mainstreet | Apr 12–15, 2018 | 1,496 | 37% | 31% | 17% | 13% | 2% | 6% | Telephone | 2.53% |
| Mainstreet | Mar 5–6, 2018 | 1,511 | 30.7% | 36.0% | 21.9% | 8.9% | 2.5% | 5.3% | Telephone | 2.52% |
| | Feb 3, 2018 | Andrew Wilkinson is elected leader of the BC Liberals and becomes the leader of the Opposition. | Andrew Wilkinson is elected leader of the BC Liberals and becomes the leader of the Opposition. | Andrew Wilkinson is elected leader of the BC Liberals and becomes the leader of the Opposition. | Andrew Wilkinson is elected leader of the BC Liberals and becomes the leader of the Opposition. | Andrew Wilkinson is elected leader of the BC Liberals and becomes the leader of the Opposition. | Andrew Wilkinson is elected leader of the BC Liberals and becomes the leader of the Opposition. | Andrew Wilkinson is elected leader of the BC Liberals and becomes the leader of the Opposition. | Andrew Wilkinson is elected leader of the BC Liberals and becomes the leader of the Opposition. | Andrew Wilkinson is elected leader of the BC Liberals and becomes the leader of the Opposition. |
| Insights West | Jan 15–17, 2018 | 829 | 31% | 40% | 19% | 8% | 2% | 9% | Online | 3.4% |
| Mainstreet | Jan 3–4, 2018 | 817 | 33.9% | 38.5% | 27.6% | N/A | N/A | 4.6% | Telephone | 3.24% |
| Mainstreet | Aug 14–15, 2017 | 2,050 | 38% | 37% | 16% | N/A | 9% | 1% | Telephone | 2.16% |
| | Aug 4, 2017 | Christy Clark resigns as leader of the BC Liberals and Rich Coleman is chosen as interim leader. | Christy Clark resigns as leader of the BC Liberals and Rich Coleman is chosen as interim leader. | Christy Clark resigns as leader of the BC Liberals and Rich Coleman is chosen as interim leader. | Christy Clark resigns as leader of the BC Liberals and Rich Coleman is chosen as interim leader. | Christy Clark resigns as leader of the BC Liberals and Rich Coleman is chosen as interim leader. | Christy Clark resigns as leader of the BC Liberals and Rich Coleman is chosen as interim leader. | Christy Clark resigns as leader of the BC Liberals and Rich Coleman is chosen as interim leader. | Christy Clark resigns as leader of the BC Liberals and Rich Coleman is chosen as interim leader. | Christy Clark resigns as leader of the BC Liberals and Rich Coleman is chosen as interim leader. |
| | Jul 18, 2017 | John Horgan becomes premier of British Columbia. | John Horgan becomes premier of British Columbia. | John Horgan becomes premier of British Columbia. | John Horgan becomes premier of British Columbia. | John Horgan becomes premier of British Columbia. | John Horgan becomes premier of British Columbia. | John Horgan becomes premier of British Columbia. | John Horgan becomes premier of British Columbia. | John Horgan becomes premier of British Columbia. |
| | Jun 29, 2017 | Christy Clark resigns as premier; John Horgan is invited to form government. | Christy Clark resigns as premier; John Horgan is invited to form government. | Christy Clark resigns as premier; John Horgan is invited to form government. | Christy Clark resigns as premier; John Horgan is invited to form government. | Christy Clark resigns as premier; John Horgan is invited to form government. | Christy Clark resigns as premier; John Horgan is invited to form government. | Christy Clark resigns as premier; John Horgan is invited to form government. | Christy Clark resigns as premier; John Horgan is invited to form government. | Christy Clark resigns as premier; John Horgan is invited to form government. |
| | Jun 29, 2017 | BC Liberal government is defeated in a confidence vote. | BC Liberal government is defeated in a confidence vote. | BC Liberal government is defeated in a confidence vote. | BC Liberal government is defeated in a confidence vote. | BC Liberal government is defeated in a confidence vote. | BC Liberal government is defeated in a confidence vote. | BC Liberal government is defeated in a confidence vote. | BC Liberal government is defeated in a confidence vote. | BC Liberal government is defeated in a confidence vote. |
| Ipsos | Jun 26–28, 2017 | 800 | 44% | 38% | 14% | N/A | 4% | 6% | Online | 3.9% |
| Insights West | Jun 23–28, 2017 | 821 | 36% | 41% | 19% | N/A | 4% | 5% | Online | 3.4% |
| Mainstreet/Postmedia | Jun 26–27, 2017 | 1,650 | 45% | 34% | 17% | N/A | 4% | 11% | N/A | 2.41% |
| Angus Reid | Jun 15–19, 2017 | 810 | 39% | 38% | 20% | N/A | 3% | 1% | Online | 3.4% |
| Ipsos | Jun 8–11, 2017 | 802 | 40% | 42% | 15% | N/A | 2% | 2% | Online | 3.9% |
| Mainstreet/Postmedia | May 11–13, 2017 | 1,650 | 38% | 39% | 22% | N/A | N/A | 1% | Telephone | 3.41% |
| 2017 election results | May 9, 2017 | N/A | 40.4% | 40.3% | 16.8% | 0.5% | 2.5% | 0.1% | N/A | N/A |

### Preferred premier polling

| Polling organization / client | Dates | Sample size | Andrew Wilkinson / Christy Clark | John Horgan | Sonia Furstenau / Andrew Weaver | Other/undecided | Lead | Polling method | Margin of error |
| Ipsos / Global BC, CKNW | Oct 8–11, 2020 | 1,000 | 16% | 45% | 6% | 33% | 29% | Online | 3.5% |
| Research Co. | Oct 5–7, 2020 | 1,000 | 27% | 47% | 6% | 19% | 20% | Online | 3.7% |
| Ipsos / Global News, CKNW | Sep 24–28, 2020 | 1,251 | 14% | 44% | 6% | 36% | 30% | Online/Telephone | 3.2% |
| Research Co. | Sep 21–23, 2020 | 750 | 27% | 44% | 7% | 33% | 17% | Online | 3.6% |
| Ipsos | Jun 26–28, 2017 | 800 | 31% | 28% | 11% | 31% | 3% | Online | 3.9% |
| Ipsos | Jun 8–11, 2017 | 802 | 29% | 28% | 12% | 31% | 1% | Online | 3.9% |