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The chart on the right shows the information graphically, with the most recent elections on the right. It shows the popularity of the Liberal party (red) and Conservative party (blue) in the first half of the 20th century; the arrival of the Social Credit Party (green), which won eleven of the twelve elections from 1952 to 1986; and the domination of provincial politics since 1986 by the Liberal party and the New Democratic Party (orange).


SUMMARY OF RESULTS

The table below shows the total number of seats won by the major poltical parties at each election. The winning party's total is shown in bold. Full details on any election are linked via the year of the election at the start of the row.



































Year
Conservatives
Liberal
NDP
Socialist
Social Credit
Labour
Independent
Other Parties








2005
46 33
2001
77 2
1996
33 39 3 Reform (2)
Progressive Democrats (1)
1991
17 51 7
1986
22 47
1983
22 35
1979
26 31
1975
1 1 18 35
1972
2 5 38 10
1969
5 12 38
1966
6 16 33
1963
5 14 33
1960
4 16 32
1956
2 10 39 1
1953
1 4 14 28 1
1952
4 6 18 19 1
1949

           39
7 1 1
1945
           37 10 1
1941
12 21 14 1
1937
8 31 7 1 1
1933
34 7 1 2 3 Non Partisan Independent
Group
(2), Unionist (1)
1928
35 12 1
1924
17 23 8 Provincial (3); Canadian
Labour (3); Ind. Liberal (2)
1920
15 25 3 4 Federated Labour (3);
People's (1)
1916
9 36 1 1 Independent Socialist
1912
39 1 2 Independent Conservative;
Social Democrat
1909
38 2 2
1907
26 13 3
1903
22 17 2 1



Elections prior to provincial political parties

Until the 1903 election, political parties in BC had no official recognition. However, some candidates declared their support for the administration of the time. Full details on any election are linked via the year of the election at the start of the row.



Year
Seats
Government
Non-Government
1900
38
6
32
1898
38
18
20
1894
33
20
13
1890
33
17
16
1886
27
19
8
1882
25
5
20
1878
25
8
17
1875
25
8
17
1871
25
''No information available''



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