Elections B.C. estimates that voter turnout for the 2017 B.C. Election was approximately 60 per cent.
That figure is an improvement on the 57 per cent voter participation rate in 2013.
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Elections B.C. based its estimate on:
• Number of voters registered at the close of general voter registration on April 11 (adjusted for expected rates of registration during voting);
• Number of valid votes and rejected ballots cast at advance and general voting;
• Preliminary estimate of absentee ballots in certification envelopes cast during the election.
A more accurate estimate of voter turnout will be released after the conclusion of the final count, which will take place between May 22 and May 24. Elections B.C. says 176,100 absentee ballots are still waiting to be tallied.
Official voter turnout figures are typically available in late August after a general election.
B.C. Voter Participation: 1983 to 2013
1983 : 77.66% (percentage of registered voters); 70.50% (percentage of eligible voters)
1986: 77.19% (registered voters); 65.80% (eligible voters)
1991 : 75.07% (registered voters); 64.03% (eligible voters)
1996: 71.50% (registered voters); 59.11% (eligible voters)
2001 : 70.95% (registered voters); 55.44% (eligible voters)
2005: 62.36% (registered voters); 58.19% (eligible voters)
2009 : 55.14% (registered voters); 50.99% (eligible voters)
2013: 57.10% (registered voters); 55.32% (eligible voters)