Turnout in the BC Election - lower than 2009 - Also, turnout by riding

This is the preliminary turnout which includes advance voting and the voting on May 14th, it is does not include special ballots like absentee ballots or early voting.  In 2009 there were 102,467 special ballots cast and in 2005 there were 96,330 cast.   I think we can safely assume about 120,000 to 150,000 special ballots were cast in 2013.

Total turnout was 1,629,454 out of 3,116,626 people registered to vote by April 23rd, or 52.29% turnout.   The total registered voters is likely to have risen about 45,000 on election day but roughly 270,000 to 300,000 people were likely not registered to vote.  

For comparison, the number of advance and election votes as a percentage of the public registered by the close of registrations:
Year    Voted     Registered  Turnout
2013  1,629,454  3,116,626    52.29%
2009  1,549,100  2,948,175    52.54%.
2005  1,677,909  2,744,078    61.15%

Bold indicates ridings with turnout 110% of provincial average, italic indicates less than 90% of provincial average.  Underlined ridings changed hands

Riding	Adv + May 14 votes	2013 Reg Voters	Turnout
Saanich North and the Islands	29171	44980	64.85%
Delta South	22110	34473	64.14%
Oak Bay-Gordon Head	23953	37443	63.97%
Parksville-Qualicum	26801	42280	63.39%
Saanich South	23829	38685	61.60%
Stikine	8092	13219	61.21%
North Vancouver-Seymour	23016	38055	60.48%
Surrey-White Rock	23460	39796	58.95%
Cariboo North	12317	20926	58.86%
Boundary-Similkameen	16947	28817	58.81%
Powell River-Sunshine Coast	21728	36976	58.76%
Cowichan Valley	24813	42312	58.64%
Shuswap	23607	40475	58.32%
Comox Valley	28681	49503	57.94%
Fraser-Nicola	12330	21363	57.72%
Delta North	20164	35528	56.76%
Cariboo-Chilcotin	13232	23375	56.61%
Nanaimo-North Cowichan	22687	40230	56.39%
Kamloops-South Thompson	23353	41593	56.15%
Fort Langley-Aldergrove	26162	47423	55.17%
Alberni-Pacific Rim	17187	31178	55.13%
North Vancouver-Lonsdale	21773	39633	54.94%
Nechako Lakes	8915	16270	54.79%
Chilliwack-Hope	19292	35237	54.75%
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows	21532	39378	54.68%
Nelson-Creston	15057	27672	54.41%
Abbotsford West	17032	31401	54.24%
West Vancouver-Capilano	21011	38794	54.16%
Port Moody-Coquitlam	19029	35281	53.94%
Penticton	22953	42651	53.82%
Kootenay West	16837	31290	53.81%
Vancouver-Point Grey	21494	39988	53.75%
Esquimalt-Royal Roads	20760	38638	53.73%
Vancouver-Quilchena	20129	37501	53.68%
Langley	24462	45610	53.63%
Juan de Fuca	21038	39270	53.57%
Victoria-Beacon Hill	23285	43521	53.50%
Surrey-Panorama	23717	44477	53.32%
Kamloops-North Thompson	21201	39857	53.19%
Maple Ridge-Mission	20169	37982	53.10%
Prince George-Mackenzie	17429	32877	53.01%
Surrey-Cloverdale	27296	51811	52.68%
Vancouver-Fairview	23311	44362	52.55%
Chilliwack	19486	37145	52.46%
Skeena	10830	20645	52.46%
West Vancouver-Sea to Sky	19332	36949	52.32%
Port Coquitlam	20109	38458	52.29%
Nanaimo	20870	40010	52.16%
Vernon-Monashee	24077	46322	51.98%
Abbotsford-Mission	18692	35989	51.94%
North Island	20961	40514	51.74%
Coquitlam-Maillardville	19670	38057	51.69%
Victoria-Swan Lake	19902	38623	51.53%
Surrey-Fleetwood	17965	34950	51.40%
New Westminster	23690	46178	51.30%
Abbotsford South	18283	35657	51.27%
North Coast	7667	14956	51.26%
Columbia River-Revelstoke	12492	24467	51.06%
Richmond-Steveston	21465	42098	50.99%
Prince George-Valemount	17620	34877	50.52%
Vancouver-Fraserview	19339	39067	49.50%
Vancouver-Kensington	18810	38016	49.48%
Burnaby-Edmonds	17620	35754	49.28%
Kootenay East	14887	30224	49.26%
Surrey-Newton	15891	32557	48.81%
Burnaby-Lougheed	19800	40604	48.76%
Surrey-Tynehead	17504	36240	48.30%
Coquitlam-Burke Mountain	17485	36473	47.94%
Kelowna-Mission	21278	44671	47.63%
Surrey-Green Timbers	14541	30571	47.56%
Peace River North	11816	24854	47.54%
Vancouver-Hastings	18900	39822	47.46%
Peace River South	8415	18066	46.58%
Vancouver-West End	17092	36978	46.22%
Vancouver-Langara	17656	38225	46.19%
Vancouver-Mount Pleasant	18478	41446	44.58%
Vancouver-Kingsway	16638	37346	44.55%
Richmond East	19511	44469	43.88%
Westside-Kelowna	19441	44830	43.37%
Burnaby North	15150	35062	43.21%
Burnaby-Deer Lake	15782	36598	43.12%
Vancouver-False Creek	18137	42232	42.95%
Kelowna-Lake Country	18763	44610	42.06%
Surrey-Whalley	15163	36498	41.54%
Richmond Centre	16884	43387	38.91%