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Election Participation

Voter turnout declined in Vernon, North Okanagan for the provincial election

Nov 10, 2026 | 12:10 PM

The voting booths were less busy for the snap provincial election this October.

ElectionsBC said the Vernon-Lumby riding saw a total of 26,277 votes cast.

That was down from the 2024 election, which saw 27,729 votes cast across the riding.

Similar declines in voter turnouts were recorded in the other ridings across the North Okanagan.

In Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream, a total of 24,082 votes were cast this fall. That was below the 26,528 ballots counted in the riding in 2024.

The Salmon Arm-Shuswap riding, which also includes the North Okanagan communities of Armstrong, Spallumcheen and Enderby, saw a total of 29,620 votes cast in the snap election. Again, that was below 2024’s turnout where 31,788 ballots were counted.

Conservative Party of B.C. Candidates won all three ridings.

Kevin Acton won the Vernon Lumby riding with 13304 votes, or 50.63 per cent voter support. In Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream Pavneet Singh won with 11,488 votes (47.7%), and David Williams won re-election in Salmon Arm-Shuswap with 16,144 votes (54.5%).

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