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Advance Turnout Spikes 70 Per Cent In B.C. Election As Voters Flock To Polls

Darpan News Desk, 08 May, 2017 12:20 PM
    VANCOUVER — Elections B.C. says the number of people who turned out to vote ahead of election day this year is 70 per cent higher than last time.
     
    Between 2013 and 2017, voter turnout jumped seven points, from 12 per cent of all registered voters to 19 per cent.
     
    The total turnout for six days of advance polls this year was about 614,000 out of a total of about 3,150,000 registered voters.
     
    Last election, about 360,000 people voted early, though advance polls were only open for four days.
     
    Election day is on Tuesday.

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