Riding profile

Esquimalt-Colwood

Provincial riding — BC · Vancouver Island & Coast

The question

Esquimalt-Colwood: a safe seat for the NDP?

Current forecast

NDP

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
19.2
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • NDP 46.5%
  • Con 27.3%
  • GP 21.9%
  • OneBC 2.4%
  • CentreBC 1.9%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. Surrey-FleetwoodNDP58 %2.0 pt margin
  2. Cowichan ValleyCon54 %2.0 pt margin
  3. Vancouver-LangaraCon62 %2.1 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

NDP Con GP OneBC
HereEsquimalt-Colwood 46.5%27.3%21.9%2.4%
Provincial averageBritish Columbia 39.5% +7.0 42.4% −15.1 9.9% +12.0 3.4% −1.0

Provincial averages computed across the 93 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

Esquimalt-Colwood, a mixed riding in British Columbia, elected a member with the NDP in the previous cycle, with a 22-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the NDP ahead at 47% vote share, against 27% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Darlene Rotchford

Sits with NDP

Parliament
43th

Previous election · 2024

Won by
NDP
Margin
22.3 pts
Turnout
63.3%
Margin shift vs current projection
-3.0 pts

Detailed result · BC 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Darlene Rotchford Elected NDP — 51.5 —
John Wilson Con — 29.2 —
Camille Currie GP — 19.3 —
Last model run
Cycle
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