Riding profile

Saanich South

Provincial riding — BC · Vancouver Island & Coast

The question

Saanich South: a safe seat for the NDP?

Current forecast

NDP

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
14.2
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • NDP 44.5%
  • Con 30.3%
  • GP 20.2%
  • OneBC 2.6%
  • CentreBC 2.4%

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
HereSaanich South 44.5%30.3%20.2%2.6%
Provincial averageBritish Columbia 39.5% +4.9 42.4% −12.1 9.9% +10.3 3.4% −0.9

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

Saanich South, a mixed riding in British Columbia, elected a member with the NDP in the previous cycle, with a 17-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the NDP ahead at 44% vote share, against 30% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Lana Popham

Sits with NDP

Parliament
43th

Previous election · 2024

Won by
NDP
Margin
17.3 pts
Turnout
67.6%
Margin shift vs current projection
-3.1 pts

Detailed result · BC 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Lana Popham Elected NDP — 49.8 —
Adam Kubel Con — 32.5 —
Ned Taylor GP — 17.8 —
Last model run
Cycle
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