THERE are 47 South Asian candidates in 27 ridings in the BC provincial election.
Twenty-eight are from the two main political parties: 16 NDP candidates and 12 BC Conservative candidates.
In two ridings — Surrey North and Surrey Newton — there are only South Asian candidates.
Abbotsford West
Gurpreet Chahal – CentreBC
Abbotsford-Mission
Virender Dass – OneBC
Lakhwinder Jhaj – CentreBC
Burnaby Centre
Vikas Gautam – CentreBC
Burnaby East
Rohini Reah Arora – BC NDP
Burnaby-New Westminster
Raj Chouhan – BC NDP
Delta North
Monica Mohan – Conservative Party
Kuldeep Rangi – CentreBC
Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream
Binny Boparai – BC NDP
Pavneet Singh – Conservative Party
Langford-Highlands
Ravi Parmar – BC NDP
Langley-Abbotsford
Harman Bhangu – Conservative Party
Langley-Willowbrook
Shubham Joshi – OneBC
Jody Toor – Conservative Party
Richmond-Queensborough
Dhar Grewal – BC NDP
Steve Kooner – Conservative Party
Surrey City Centre
Amna Shah – BC NDP
Raman Sharma – CentreBC
Zeeshan Wahla – Conservative Party
Surrey North
Jag Bhandari – Unaffiliated
Parm Bhandol – CentreBC
Mandeep Singh Dhaliwal – Conservative Party
Yudhbir Gill – BC Green Party
Tanya Gupta – OneBC
Sahib Thind – BC NDP
Surrey South
Parik Tahlan – BC NDP
Surrey-Cloverdale
Sargy Chima – CentreBC
Surrey-Fleetwood
Jagrup Brar – BC NDP
Paul Brar – CentreBC
Garry Purewal – Conservative Party
Surrey-Guildford
Garry Thind – Conservative Party
Surrey-Newton
Harj Dhaliwal – Conservative Party
Harman Preet Singh – CentreBC
Jessie Sunner – BC NDP
Surrey-Panorama
Manav Manro – CentreBC
Jinny Sims – BC NDP
Surrey-Serpentine River
Sikander Kang – BC NDP
Jessy Sahota – Conservative Party
Surrey-White Rock
Waqas Rana – CentreBC
Vancouver-Fraserview
Deep Sandhu – Conservative Party
Aman Singh – BC NDP
Vancouver-Hastings
Niki Sharma – BC NDP
Vancouver-Langara
Sunita Dhir – BC NDP
Vancouver-Yaletown
Sam Chandola – CentreBC
Priyan Samarakoone – BC Green Party
Vernon-Lumby
Harwinder Sandhu – BC NDP
Victoria-Beacon Hill
Rajinder S. Sahota – BC Green Party
