British Columbia New Democratic Party - Election Results

Election Results

Election Party leader # of candidates Seats Popular vote Final round
Previous After % Change # % Change (1952-53 only)
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
1933 Robert Connell 46 n.a. 7 n.a. 120,185 31.53% n.a.
1937 46 7 7 - 119,400 28.57% −2.96%
1941 Harold Winch 45 7 14 +100% 151,440 33.36% +4.79%
1945 Harold Winch 48 14 10 −28.6% 175,960 37.62% +4.26%
1949 Harold Winch 48 10 7 -30.0% 245,284 35.10% −2.52% Votes %
1952 Harold Winch 48 7 18 +157.1% 236,562 30.78% −4.32% 231,756 34.3%
1953 Arnold Webster 47 18 14 −22.2% 224,513 30.85% +0.07% 194,414 29.48%
1956 Robert Strachan 51 14 10 −28.6% 231,511 28.32% −2.53%
1960 Robert Strachan 52 10 16 +60.0% 326,094 32.73% +4.41%
New Democratic Party
1963 Robert Strachan 52 16 14 −12.5% 269,004 27.80% -4.93%
1966 Robert Strachan 55 14 16 +14.3% 252,753 33.62% +5.82%
1969 Thomas Berger 55 16 12 −25.0% 331,813 33.92% +0.30%
1972 David Barrett 55 12 38 +217% 448,260 39.59% +5.67%
1975 David Barrett 55 38 18 −52.6% 505,396 39.16% −0.43%
1979 David Barrett 57 18 26 44.4% 646,188 45.99% +6.83%
1983 David Barrett 57 26 22 -15.4% 741,354 44.94% -1.05%
1986 Robert Skelly 69 22 22 - 824,544 42.60% −2.34%
1991 Michael Harcourt 75 22 51 +131.8% 595,391 40.71% −1.89%
1996 Glen Clark 75 51 39 −23.53% 624,395 39.45% −1.26%
2001 Ujjal Dosanjh 79 39 2 −94.9% 343,156 21.56% −17.89%
2005 Carole James 79 2 33 +1,550% 694,978 41.43% +19.87%
2009 Carole James 85 33 35 +6.06% 691,342 42.14% +0.71%

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