The NDP secured its third seat out of five ridings in Brampton late Thursday evening, after candidate Sara Singh narrowly beat her Progressive Conservative opponent in a hairsplitting race for Brampton Centre.

With all polls counted, Singh, a Ph.D. candidate in policy studies at Ryerson University, held a lead of just 89 votes over the PC’s Harjit Jaswal.

Singh called for an end to “postal code discrimination” in auto insurance for her riding, and greater investments to health care, during her campaign. The NDP made an ambitious promise to invest $19 billion over 10 years into hospital infrastructure, including a pledge to build a new hospital in Brampton.

In Brampton South, PC candidate Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria unseated the Liberals.

“This is more than just a win for me, it’s a movement that we’ve created,” said Sarkaria, a corporate and commercial Associate at Miller Thomson LLP.

The riding was formerly held by Liberal incumbent Amrit Mangat, who ran for Mississauga-Malton and was also defeated by the PCs.

“As a city, we’ve been left behind for so long, and it’s time we’ve got a government that will give Brampton what it deserves,” Sarkaria said, celebrating his win at home. He campaigned on a promise to invest more into Brampton hospitals, and end “hallway health care.”

Liberal incumbent Vic Dhillon’s five-term reign in Brampton West also came to an end. PC candidate Amarjot Sandhu, a realtor with Royal LePage, nabbed 39.4 per cent of the vote. NDP candidate Jagroop Singh trailed a narrow 1.3 per cent behind.

In 2003, Dhillon won over the riding from PC MPP Tony Clement in a major reversal for the area.

With files from the Brampton Guardian

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