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Transit referendum: How did your city vote?

Metro Vancouver has voted a resounding no in the transit plebiscite. Click through the interactive to see how the results broke down by each of the 23 municipalities that voted in the referendum.

Metro Vancouver voted resoundingly no. We show you the city-by-city breakdown

Metro Vancouver has voted a resounding no in the transit plebiscite. Click through the interactive to see how the results broke down by each of the 23 municipalities that voted in the referendum.

Maple Ridge, the township of Langley and Richmondvoted strongly againstthe tax, which would have contributed to the region's$7.5-billion transit improvement plan.

The suburbs were the strongest in voting no.

The city of Vancouver was split almost exactly down the middle with just 50.81 per cent voting against the transit plebiscite.

Only three of the 23 voting municipalities Belcarra, Bowen Island and Metro Vancouver Electoral Area Avoted in favour of the increased tax.

How did Metro Vancouver vote as a whole?

Metro Vancouver hasvoted 62percent againsta 0.5 per cent sales tax increase to improve transit in the region.

Of the 1,562,386 registered voters in Metro Vancouver, only 48.64 cast a ballot in the referendum.Thatmeans the turnout for the transit vote is higher than the provincialaverage of 33 per cent for the 2014municipal elections.