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Apr 29, 2025 4:13 PM - Connect Newsroom
The federal NDP in B.C. has suffered a major setback. Jagmeet Singh lost his Burnaby Central seat. He finished in third place by a margin of 12,032 votes to Liberal candidate Wade Chang. Along with him, the party suffered heavy losses on Vancouver Island and also lost some seats in Metro Vancouver.
Out of the total 24 seats of the NDP in the House of Commons, 12 were in B.C. and five of these were in Vancouver Island. Now the federal NDP in British Columbia has been reduced to just three seats and with this, Jagmeet Singh has announced his resignation as the party president. He was also very emotional on this occasion. He said that as soon as the party names the interim leader, he will resign.
It is worth noting that B.C. The NDP's support in the 2021 election was 29 per cent, which dropped to just 13 per cent in 2025. Jagmeet Singh took over the national leadership of the party as leader of the federal NDP on October 1, 2017.
