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British Columbia General Election, 1986The 34th general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada, was called on September 24, 1986. The election was held on October 22, 1986, and the new legislature met for the first time on March 9, 1987. The governing British Columbia Social Credit Party of Bill Vander Zalm was re-elected with a majority government, and won almost half of the popular vote. 12 new seats in had been created in the legislature for this election. Social Credit coincidentally won 12 additional seats, while the social democratic New Democratic Party, led by Bob Skelly, won the same number it had in the previsou election. No other parties won seats. | owspan="2"|Party | rowspan="2"|Party Leader | rowspan="2"|# of candidates | colspan="3"|Seats | colspan="3"|Popular Vote | | lign="center"|Previous | align="center"|After | align="center"|% Change | align="center"|# | align="center"|% | align="center"|Change | | Social Credit | Bill Vander Zalm | align="right"|69 | align="right"|35 | align="right"|47 | align="right"| +34.3% | align="right"|954,516 | align="right"| 49.32% | align="right"| -0.44% | | a href="/encyclopedia/New-Democratic-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="New Democratic Party of British Columbia">New Democratic | Bob Skelly | align="right"|69 | align="right"|22 | align="right"|22 | align="right"| - | align="right"|824,544 | align="right"| 42.60% | align="right"| -2.34% | | a href="/encyclopedia/British-Columbia-Liberal-Party" title="British Columbia Liberal Party">Liberal | Art Lee | align="right"|55 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| - | align="right"|130,505 | align="right"| 6.74% | align="right"| +4.05% | | a href="/encyclopedia/British-Columbia-Conservative-Party" title="British Columbia Conservative Party">Progressive Conservative | |align="right"|12 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|0 |align="right"| - |align="right"|14,074 |align="right"| 0.73 % |align="right"| -0.43% | | a href="/encyclopedia/Green-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="Green Party of British Columbia">Green | |align="right"|9 |align="right"|0 |align="right"|0 |align="right"| - |align="right"|4,660 |align="right"| 0.24% |align="right"| 0.05% | | ndependent | align="center"| | align="right"|6 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| - | align="right"|2,470 | align="right"| 0.13% | align="right"| -0.19% | | a href="/encyclopedia/Libertas-of-British-Columbia" title="Libertas of British Columbia">Libertas | align="center"| | align="right"|1 | align="right"| | align="right"|0 | align="right"| - | align="right"|1,552 | align="right"| 0.08% | align="right"| - | | a href="/encyclopedia/People's-Front-(Canada)" title="People's Front (Canada)">People's Front | align="center"| | align="right"|8 | align="right"| | align="right"|0 | align="right"| - | align="right"|1,502 | align="right"| 0.08% | align="right"| - | | a href="/encyclopedia/Communist-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="Communist Party of British Columbia">Communist | align="center"| | align="right"|3 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| - | align="right"|722 | align="right"| 0.03% | align="right"| -0.02% | | a href="/encyclopedia/British-Columbia-Libertarian-Party" title="British Columbia Libertarian Party">Libertarian | align="center"| | align="right"|3 | align="right"| | align="right"|0 | align="right"| - | align="right"|341 | align="right"| 0.02% | align="right"| - | | a href="/encyclopedia/Western-Canada-Concept-Party-of-British-Columbia" title="Western Canada Concept Party of British Columbia">Western Canada Concept | Doug Christie | align="right"|1 | align="right"|0 | align="right"|0 | align="right"| - | align="right"|322 | align="right"| 0.02% | align="right"| -0.84% | | a href="/encyclopedia/New-Republic-Party-for-British-Columbia" title="New Republic Party for British Columbia">New Republic | align="center"| | align="right"|1 | align="right"| | align="right"|0 | align="right"| - | align="right"|245 | align="right"| 0.01% | align="right"| - | | otal | align="center"| | 237 | 57 | 69 | +21.1% | |1,935,453 | 100% | - | Note: n.a. - not applicable: party not recognized at the previous election External links
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