Proportional Voting in British Columbia

The BC Citizens' Assembly has recommended adoption of BC-STV, a voting method "designed to make every vote count" for a satisfactory representative, "and to reflect voters' support for candidates and parties as fairly as possible" in Legislative Assembly elections. On May 17, 2005, citizens of British Columbia may or may not have decided to adopt this method. Either way, this site allows you to try BC-STV in a repeat of the general election held that day, so you can see how it works.

If you want an introduction to BC-STV prior to voting, try this flash presentation, visit the Citizens' Assembly Alumni site, or read arguments for or against. Fair Voting BC is also in favor.

Click on your riding to go to your ballot!
(Click on the map or the table to the left. These are examples; a special commission will draw actual riding boundaries.)

Ridings (# MLAs) Vote Results North Coast (3) Peace River (2) Prince George (3) Cariboo (2) Kootenays (4) Okanagan (6) Kamloops (3) Northwest Vancouver - Coast (5) North Vancouver Island (3) Nanaimo (4) Victoria (6) Vancouver (7) Vancouver - Burnaby (7) Richmond - Delta (5) Surrey (7) Fraser Valley (7) Coquitlam (5)

Map derived from Elections BC map

Summary of winners

Did you vote for BC-STV?

The real results

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Disclaimers:

• Specific riding boundaries are not part of the BC-STV proposal and would be set by a special commission. Those shown here were made by arbitrarily combining existing single-member ridings, following the Citizens' Assembly guidelines.
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