加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省省选中，保守党大获全胜击败新民主党（NDP），共有15名印裔加拿大人当选省议员，创下历史新高。根据2021年人口普查，南亚裔占不列颠哥伦比亚省人口的9.6%。
A record 15 Indo-Canadians were elected to Canada’s British Columbia legislature as the Conservatives swept to power in the provincial election and defeated the New Democratic Party (NDP). South Asians account for 9.6% of British Columbia’s population, according to the 2021 census.
截至周日晚间，保守党预计将获得全部93个席位中的64席。新民主党席位从2024年大选时的47席降至27席。保守党在2024年大选前在不列颠哥伦比亚省议会没有任何席位，因时任领袖贾格米特·辛格领导下的联邦新民主党不受欢迎，保守党在2024年赢得了44席。新民主党在2024年仅以微弱优势获胜。
By Sunday evening, the Conservatives were set to get 64 of the total 93 seats. The NDP’s tally fell from 47 in the 2024 election to 27. The Conservatives had no presence in the British Columbia legislature before they won 44 seats in 2024, thanks to the unpopularity of the Federal NDP under then-leader Jagmeet Singh. The NDP narrowly won in 2024.
不列颠哥伦比亚省省长大卫·伊比提前大选，意在借反对美国总统唐纳德·特朗普针对加拿大政策之势争取更强多数席位，结果适得其反。周日，他宣布辞去新民主党领袖职务。
British Columbia Premier David Eby called the mid-term election as he sought a stronger majority on the back of his opposition to US President Donald Trump’s policies targeting Canada. The election call backfired. On Sunday, he announced his resignation as NDP leader.
曾任小镇报纸发行人的保守党领袖洛恩·多克森现成为省长指定人选。
Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson, once a small-town newspaper publisher, is now the province’s Premier-designate.
此次当选的15名印裔加拿大人打破了2024年创下的14人历史纪录。其中11人属保守党，4人属新民主党。7人成功连任，包括副省长妮基·夏尔马，她保住了温哥华-黑斯廷斯选区席位。
The 15 Indo-Canadians who won their ridings (constituencies) crossed the previous historic high of 14, set in 2024. Of the 15, 11 are Conservatives, and four are from the NDP. Seven among them were re-elected. They include Deputy Premier Niki Sharma, who retained her Vancouver-Hastings riding.
议长拉吉·乔汉再次赢得本拿比-新威斯敏斯特选区。其他新民主党胜选者包括政府部长拉维·帕尔马（兰福德-高地选区）和罗希尼·阿罗拉（本拿比东选区）。保守党胜选者包括莫妮卡·莫汉（三角洲北）、帕夫尼特·辛格（基洛纳-莱克坎特里-科尔德斯特里姆）、哈曼·邦古（兰利-阿伯茨福德）、乔迪·图尔（兰利-威洛布鲁克）、史蒂夫·库纳（列治文-昆斯伯勒）、曼迪普·达利瓦尔（北素里）、加里·普雷瓦尔（素里-弗利特伍德）、加里·廷德（素里-吉尔福德）、哈吉·达利瓦尔（素里-牛顿）、杰西·萨霍塔（素里-瑟彭泰恩河）和迪普·桑杜（温哥华-菲沙维尤）。保守党在聚居着大量印裔加拿大人的素里横扫各选区。
Speaker Raj Chauhan won again from Burnaby-New Westminster. The other NDP winners are Ravi Parmar, a minister in the government, from Langford-Highlands and Rohini Arora from Burnaby Easnservative victors include Monica Mohan (Delta North), Pavneet Singh (Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream), Harman Bhangu (Langley-Abbotsford), Jody Toor (Langley-Willowbrook), Steve Kooner (Richmond-Queensborough), Mandeep Dhaliwal (Surrey North), Garry Purewal (Surrey-Fleetwood), Garry Thind (Surrey-Guildford), Harj Dhaliwal (Surrey-Newton), Jesse Sahota (Surrey-Serpentine River) and Deep Sandhu (Vancouver-Fraserview).The Conservatives swept the polls in Surrey, which has a concentration of Indo-Canadians.
总部位于素里的媒体《新闻德比》编辑萨米尔·考沙尔表示，大多数印裔加拿大人投票支持保守党。他还说，他们拒绝了极右翼和左倾的新民主党。
Sameer Kaushal, editor of the Surrey-based outlet NewsDerby, said a majority of Indo-Canadians voted for the Conservatives. He added they rejected the ultra-right wing and the Left-leaning NDP.“The only option was the centrist BC Conservatives,” he said, as they addressed issues, including affordability and infrastructure.
他说：“唯一的选择是中间派的不列颠哥伦比亚省保守党。”因为他们解决了包括可负担性和基础设施在内的问题。考沙尔还说，有人反对伊比突然提前选举，认为此举是投机行为。
Kaushal said there was also sentiment against Eby calling snap elections, as it was seen as opportunistic.