![Recount in Courtenay-Comox riding sees NDP increase lead](https://cdn.cheknews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/13193522/vote.png)
CHEK
The NDP lead in the Courtenay-Comox riding has been extended.
The NDP now has a 13 vote lead, up from the 9 vote lead, counted on election night.
The BC Chief Electoral officer says they will now begin counting the absentee votes.
They number more than two-thousand.
The count will carry on into Tuesday.
Watch CHEK News for a full story at 5 o’clock.