Final numbers released by Elections Canada for Thompson-Okanagan ridings

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Elections Canada has released its final tally of ballots cast in the Thompson-Okanagan in Monday's federal election.

However, the final numbers won't change anything, as the winning candidates did so by a wide margin.

In the North Okanagan-Shuswap riding, incumbent Conservative MP Mel Arnold easily outpaced his rivals with 32,548 votes, or 46.6 per cent of ballots cast. That was down from 48.8 per cent in 2019.

NDP Candidate Ron Johnston came in second with 13,343 votes (19.1 per cent), while Liberal Shelley Deseautels garnered 13,006 votes (18.6 per cent).

Kyle Delfing with the People's Party of Canada made the biggest gain, tripling his percentage of votes from 2019 with 10 per cent of the vote.

Green Party candidate Andrea Gunner managed only 5.5 per cent of votes.

Overall, 64.85 per cent of eligible voters in the riding turned out to cast a ballot.

In Kelowna-Lake Country, incumbent Tory MP Tracy Gray was given 30,760 votes (45.4 per cent), while Liberal Candidate Tim Krupa garnered 17,900 (26.4 per cent).

Cade Desjarlais of the NDP ended the election with 12,319 votes (18.2 per cent), while PPC candidate Brian Rogers was given the nod by 4,729 (seven per cent) of voters.

Green candidate Imre Szeman was well off the pace with just 2,098 votes (3.1 per cent).

Some 64.2 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot.

Conservative Dan Albas was returned as MP for Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola with 28,099 votes (45.9 per cent), with Liberal Sarah Eves coming in with half that number at 14,356 (23.4 per cent.)

Rounding out the results were NDP hopeful Joan Phillip with 12,640 votes (20.6 per cent); PPC's Kathryn McDonald had support from 4,490 voters (7.3 per cent) with Green candidate Brennan Wauters placing last with just 1,646 votes (2.7 per cent).

Of those eligible to vote, 61.14 per cent did so.

In South Okanagan-West Kootenay, the NDP's Richard Cannings was returned with 27,372 votes (a 41.3 per cent share).

His closest challenger was Conservative Helena Konanz with 23,473 votes (35.4 per cent).

Liberal Ken Robertson had 8,129 (12.3 per cent), the PPC's Sean Taylor had 4,862 (7.3 per cent), and the Greens' Tara Howse 2,472 (3.7 per cent).

Voter turnout was 64.73 per cent.

Tory candidate Frank Caputo won in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo with 29,881 votes (42.7 per cent).

Bill Sundhu with the NDP made a strong showing with 20,406 votes (29.1 per cent).

Liberal Jesse McCormick garnered 12,717 votes (18.2 per cent); the PPC's Corally Delwo had 4,033 ballots (5.8 per cent); while the Greens' Iain Currie was given the nod by 2,576 voters (3.7 per cent) and independent candidate Bob O'Brien was given 291 votes.

When the ballots were finalized, 65.87 per cent of eligible voters turned out.