The results are in for the best and brightest holiday light displays in the city.

Yellowknife residents cast a total of 2,094 votes between Dec. 8 and 11, taking to Facebook to "like" their favourite festive decorations in a number of categories, the City stated in a release Wednesday.

The number of votes from residents turned social media judges marked a 40 per cent jump in participation from last year. Winners of the 2017 Holiday Lights Competition, put together by the City and Northland Utilities, will receive a gift from the electricity provider.

The following winners received the most Facebook likes in their respective categories:

• Alternative: 55 Rycon Drive
• Commercial Exterior: Adam Dental Clinic
• Mobile Home Exterior: 81 Hordal Road
• Neighborhood: 15-18 Gitzel Street
• Residential Exterior: 132 Arden Avenue
• Griswold: 133 Gwilliam Crescent

Photos and addresses of the winners can be viewed on the City's Facebook page.