Some Turn Out Stats for the 2013 BC Election

It will be some months till have have all the final numbers.   I have to estimate the final numbers for 2013 because Elections BC is not reporting the rejected ballots yet.   I am estimating a higher rejected ballot rate for the 2013 election because of the increase in special ballots.  In 2005 and 2009 about 6% of special ballots were rejected but only 0.3% for the regular ballots

Election     2005       2009       2013
EDay       1,476,076  1,258,880  1,252,393 est
Advance      201,833    290,220    381,861 est   
Special       96,330    102,464    184,013 est
Rejected      11,926     11,025     15,216 est
Total Vote 1,774,269  1,651,567  1,833,483 est  

We had a further decline in election day voting in 2013 with close to 31% of the ballots being cast as advance or special ballots.   In 2009 this was 24% and in 2005 17%.

With the final vote counting done, here are the turn outs as a percentage of registered voters on April 23rd 2013 and we had 57.85% of the registered voters cast a valid ballot

This is corrected from earlier in the day, a couple of lines were mixed up

Riding	total vote	2013 Reg Voters	Percent Turnout
Oak Bay-Gordon Head	26517	37443	70.82%
Saanich North and the Islands	31602	44980	70.26%
Delta South	23797	34473	69.03%
Parksville-Qualicum	28960	42280	68.50%
North Vancouver-Seymour	25983	38055	68.28%
Saanich South	26228	38685	67.80%
Cariboo North	14167	20926	67.70%
Stikine	8650	13219	65.44%
Surrey-White Rock	25982	39796	65.29%
Comox Valley	32186	49503	65.02%
Powell River-Sunshine Coast	23768	36976	64.28%
Fraser-Nicola	13599	21363	63.66%
Kamloops-South Thompson	26434	41593	63.55%
Boundary-Similkameen	18244	28817	63.31%
Cowichan Valley	26646	42312	62.98%
Nanaimo-North Cowichan	24978	40230	62.09%
Shuswap	25023	40475	61.82%
North Vancouver-Lonsdale	24326	39633	61.38%
Fort Langley-Aldergrove	29016	47423	61.19%
Nechako Lakes	9898	16270	60.84%
Delta North	21586	35528	60.76%
West Vancouver-Capilano	23538	38794	60.67%
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows	23795	39378	60.43%
Vancouver-Point Grey	24163	39988	60.43%
Vancouver-Fairview	26732	44362	60.26%
Vancouver-Quilchena	22539	37501	60.10%
Abbotsford West	18802	31401	59.88%
Langley	27292	45610	59.84%
Victoria-Beacon Hill	25815	43521	59.32%
Port Moody-Coquitlam	20858	35281	59.12%
Penticton	25163	42651	59.00%
Alberni-Pacific Rim	18367	31178	58.91%
Prince George-Mackenzie	19366	32877	58.90%
Esquimalt-Royal Roads	22745	38638	58.87%
Kamloops-North Thompson	23402	39857	58.71%
Victoria-Swan Lake	22665	38623	58.68%
Cariboo-Chilcotin	13699	23375	58.61%
Surrey-Panorama	26042	44477	58.55%
Nanaimo	23394	40010	58.47%
Surrey-Cloverdale	30272	51811	58.43%
Nelson-Creston	16164	27672	58.41%
Juan de Fuca	22934	39270	58.40%
Maple Ridge-Mission	22165	37982	58.36%
Vernon-Monashee	26979	46322	58.24%
Chilliwack-Hope	20452	35237	58.04%
West Vancouver-Sea to Sky	21445	36949	58.04%
New Westminster	26750	46178	57.93%
North Island	23443	40514	57.86%
Port Coquitlam	22205	38458	57.74%
Kootenay West	18002	31290	57.53%
Coquitlam-Maillardville	21714	38057	57.06%
Abbotsford-Mission	20533	35989	57.05%
Skeena	11756	20645	56.94%
Prince George-Valemount	19826	34877	56.85%
Burnaby-Lougheed	20225	35754	56.57%
Surrey-Fleetwood	19755	34950	56.52%
Chilliwack	20983	37145	56.49%
Abbotsford South	20034	35657	56.19%
Richmond-Steveston	23348	42098	55.46%
Burnaby North	22518	40604	55.46%
Vancouver-Fraserview	21649	39067	55.42%
Columbia River-Revelstoke	13393	24467	54.74%
Vancouver-Kensington	20802	38016	54.72%
North Coast	8140	14956	54.43%
Vancouver-Hastings	21498	39822	53.99%
Peace River North	13411	24854	53.96%
Kelowna-Mission	24072	44671	53.89%
Coquitlam-Burke Mountain	19583	36473	53.69%
Kootenay East	16146	30224	53.42%
Surrey-Newton	17348	32557	53.29%
Surrey-Green Timbers	16167	30571	52.88%
Surrey-Tynehead	19049	36240	52.56%
Peace River South	9358	18066	51.80%
Vancouver-West End	18932	36978	51.20%
Vancouver-False Creek	21607	42232	51.16%
Vancouver-Langara	19455	38225	50.90%
Vancouver-Mount Pleasant	21031	41446	50.74%
Westside-Kelowna	22243	44830	49.62%
Burnaby-Edmonds	17991	36598	49.16%
Vancouver-Kingsway	18346	37346	49.12%
Burnaby-Deer Lake	16892	35062	48.18%
Kelowna-Lake Country	21397	44610	47.96%
Richmond East	21208	44469	47.69%
Surrey-Whalley	16939	36498	46.41%
Richmond Centre	18954	43387	43.69%