At Sukh Dhaliwal香蕉视频直播檚 post-vote party in Surrey Monday night (Sept. 20), signs on banquet-hall tables urged supporters to remain seated throughout the evening, and that 香蕉视频直播渕asks are mandatory while standing inside.香蕉视频直播�
By the time the Liberal incumbent was declared winner in the Surrey-Newton riding, however, those pandemic protocols were ignored by many in the crowd of a few hundred excited people, who danced, celebrated and took selfies with the MP-elect.
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香蕉视频直播� Tom Zillich (@TomZillich)
Dhaliwal wore a Liberal-red mask while greeting supporters, and only removed the face covering to speak at the podium in a voice made hoarse during the election campaign.
Reached Tuesday (Sept. 21), Dhaliwal said event organizers did their best to control the crowd.
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A morning-after look at Surrey-Newton riding numbers, with in a comfortable lead and 164/165 polls reporting. The outstanding poll must be mail-in ballots, to come.
香蕉视频直播� Tom Zillich (@TomZillich)
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The projected election win gives Dhaliwal a third consecutive term in Surrey-Newton. A professional engineer by trade, he served as Liberal MP of its predecessor, the riding of Newton-North Delta, from 2006 to 2011.
As of Tuesday morning, 164 of 165 polls report Dhaliwal in the lead with 18,488 votes, or 54 per cent. His closest challenger was the NDP香蕉视频直播檚 Johal with 8,917 votes, followed by Conservative Mohsin (5,369), PPC香蕉视频直播檚 Singh (927) and Hundal (600).
Voter turnout in the riding is 52 per cent, or 34,301 of the 65,857 registered electors, a number that doesn香蕉视频直播檛 include those who registered on election day.
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