NDP Releases Rules for Leadership Race Including Signatures From Regional, Racial, LGBT Groups

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh leaves the stage with his wife Gurkiran Kaur after announcing he would step down as party leader while addressing supporters on election night, in Burnaby, B.C., on April 28, 2025. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

The NDP has released the official rules for its leadership race to replace NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, including requirements to gather specific numbers of signatures from supporters in various regional, racial, and LGBT groups.

Candidates must obtain 500 signatures by members in “good standing” of the NDP, the party’s July 25 Rules Governing Leadership Contest report says. A minimum of 10 percent of a candidate’s signatures must be from New Democrats aged 25 or younger.