British Columbia Election May 12 - Liberal Government Earns a Third Term and a Majority Government

Premier Gordon Campbell's Liberal government was re-elected for a third term with a solid majority government.  The Liberals now have 49 of the 85 seats and the NDP, 36. At dissolution there were 42 Liberals, 34 NDP and three vacancies in the B.C. legislature. There were six more ridings in this election. The distribution of the popular vote remained unchanged. The Liberals won 46 per cent of the popular vote to 42 per cent for the New Democrats. In 2005, the Liberals won 46 per cent of the popular to 41 for the NDP.  Voter turnout rate fell to 50 per cent, a new provincial low.