The fixed election date was previously set for the second Tuesday in May - tentatively making the next election date but the BC NDP passed legislation in 2017 amending the section of the constitution pertaining to the set election day. Section 23 of British Columbia's Constitution Act provides that general elections occur on the third Saturday in October of the fourth calendar year after the last election. This election took place under first-past-the-post rules, as proportional representation had been rejected with 61.3% voting against it in the 2018 referendum. 7.11 Vancouver Island and Sunshine Coast.7.8 Burnaby, New Westminster, and the Tri-Cities.Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson resigned two days after the election, but remained as leader until November 23. Horgan portrayed the call for an early election as required for stability given the fact that the BC NDP was governing with a minority of seats in the Legislative Assembly, but his decision was criticized by both the NDP's confidence and supply partner, the British Columbia Green Party, and the province's Official Opposition, the British Columbia Liberal Party, as opportunistic. Horgan called a snap election on September 21, 2020, the first early election in the province since the 1986 election. The incoming Legislature marks the first time the NDP commanded an outright majority government in BC since the 1996 election, as well as the first province-wide popular vote win for the party since 1991. The incumbent New Democratic Party of British Columbia won a majority government, making John Horgan the first leader in the history of the British Columbia New Democratic Party to win a second consecutive term as Premier. The 2020 British Columbia general election was held on October 24, 2020, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly to serve in the 42nd parliament of the Canadian province of British Columbia. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding.