THERE are 49 South Asian candidates in 29 ridings in the BC provincial election.
Thirty are from the two main political parties: 17 NDP candidates and 13 BC Conservative candidates.
In two ridings — Surrey North and Surrey Newton — there are only South Asian candidates.
(South Asian people are individuals who trace their cultural, ethnic, or ancestral roots to the region of South Asia, which includes India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives, and Afghanistan.)
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
Chilliwack North
Adila Shaukat 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-Kensington
Aron Lageri Conservative Party
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
