2012 Quebec general election
2012 Quebec general election Opinion polls Turnout 74.60% ( 17.17%)
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Pauline Marois
Jean Charest
François Legault
Party
Parti Québécois
Liberal
Coalition Avenir Québec
Leader since
June 26, 2007
April 30, 1998
November 4, 2011
Leader's seat
Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré
Sherbrooke (lost re-election)
L'Assomption
Last election
51 seats, 35.17%
66 seats, 42.08%
7 seats, 16.37%1
Seats before
47
64
9
Seats won
54
50
19
Seat change
7
14
10
Popular vote
1,393,703
1,360,968
1,180,235
Percentage
31.95%
31.20%
27.05%
Swing
3.22pp
10.88pp
10.68pp1
Fourth party
Fifth party
Leader
Françoise David and Amir Khadir (as spokespeople)
Jean-Martin Aussant
Party
Québec solidaire
Option nationale
Leader since
February 4, 2006
October 31, 2011
Leader's seat
David: Gouin Khadir: Mercier
Nicolet-Yamaska (lost re-election in Nicolet-Bécancour )
Last election
1 seat, 3.78%
pre-creation
Seats before
1
1
Seats won
2
0
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
263,111
82,539
Percentage
6.03%
1.89%
Swing
2.25pp
pre-creation
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details.
Seating plan following the election.
The 2012 Quebec general election took place in the Canadian province of Quebec on September 4, 2012. Lieutenant Governor Pierre Duchesne dissolved the National Assembly on August 1, 2012, following Premier Jean Charest 's request.[ 1] The Parti Québécois were elected to a minority government, with Pauline Marois becoming the first woman to be Premier of Quebec . The Quebec Liberal Party took second place, with Premier Jean Charest losing his seat. The newly formed party Coalition Avenir Québec led by François Legault took third place, while Québec solidaire took 2 seats out of the 125.[ 2]
It was the first time since 2007 (and only the third time in Quebec history) that a minority government would be formed, as no party won an absolute majority of the seats. Both the PQ and Liberal vote declined which boosted support for the CAQ and Quebec Solidaire.
During Marois' victory speech, an attack including gunshots and a fire occurred at the Métropolis concert hall housing the event[ 3] and a forty-year-old man died as a result of gunshot wounds.[ 4] [ 5]
Timeline
2008
2009
2010
2011
March 7 — A party named "Québec - Révolution démocratique" is registered.[ 10]
June 6 – Louise Beaudoin , Pierre Curzi , and Lisette Lapointe leave the Parti Québécois to sit as independents.[ 11]
June 7 – Jean-Martin Aussant leaves the Parti Québécois to sit as an independent.[ 12]
June 21 – Benoit Charette leaves the Parti Québécois to sit as an independent and René Gauvreau is asked to leave the Parti Québécois pending an investigation of his former aide.[ 13]
September 6 – Resignation of Nathalie Normandeau (Lib) as MNA of Bonaventure
September 19 – Jean-Martin Aussant (Ind, ex-PQ) announces his intention to register a new sovereigntist political party, Option nationale .[ 14]
November 4 – Coalition Avenir Québec , a new party led by François Legault , is officially registered.[ 15]
November 17 – Lisette Lapointe buys an Option nationale membership, but remains sitting as an independent.[ 16]
November 24 – Daniel Ratthé is expelled from the PQ caucus.[ 17]
December 5 – In a by-election, Damien Arsenault (Lib) is elected MNA of Bonaventure with 49.5% of the vote.
December 14 – The Coalition Avenir Québec and the ADQ announced an agreement in principle to merge, pending final approval from the ADQ membership.[ 18]
December 16 – Resignation of David Whissell (Lib) as MNA of Argenteuil [ 19]
December 19 – Éric Caire (Ind, ex-ADQ), Benoit Charette (Ind, ex-PQ), Marc Picard (Ind, ex-ADQ), and Daniel Ratthé (Ind, ex-PQ) join the Coalition Avenir Québec .[ 20]
2012
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Redistribution of ridings
The Commission de la représentation électorale performed a redistribution in 2011, which maintained the number of seats in the National Assembly at 125 for the next general election, making the following alterations:[ 36]
Abolished ridings
New ridings
Renaming of districts
Drawn from other districts
Merger of districts
Incumbent MNAs who did not run for re-election
Liberal
Parti Québécois
Coalition Avenir Québec
Independent
Opinion polls
Evolution of voting intentions for the 2012 Quebec general election. Dots are individual poll results and trend lines are local regressions with 95% confidence interval.
Polling firm
Last date of polling
Link
QLP
PQ
CAQ
QS
ON
GPQ
Other
2012 Election
September 4, 2012
HTML
31.20
31.95
27.05
6.03
1.89
0.99
0.89
Forum Research
September 3, 2012
PDF
29
36
25
6
2
2
0
EKOS
September 2, 2012
PDF
23.2
36.0
24.5
10.7
5.5
Léger Marketing
August 31, 2012
PDF
27
33
28
7
3
1
1
CROP
August 29, 2012
HTML
26
32
28
9
2
2
1
Forum Research
August 28, 2012
PDF
28
33
27
8
2
2
0
CROP
August 26, 2012
HTML
26
33
28
7
3
3
1
Léger Marketing
August 24, 2012
PDF
27
33
28
7
2
2
1
Forum Research
August 20, 2012
PDF
35
29
24
9
1
2
0
Léger Marketing
August 16, 2012
PDF
28
33
27
6
3
2
0
CROP
August 14, 2012
HTML
27
34
25
7
2
3
1
Forum Research
August 13, 2012
PDF
31
35
25
6
2
0
Léger Marketing
August 8, 2012
PDF
31
32
27
6
2
2
0
CROP
August 8, 2012
HTML
29
32
21
8
2
3
4
Forum Research
August 7, 2012
PDF
32
34
24
6
3
0
Forum Research
August 1, 2012
PDF
38
39
14
4
3
0
Léger Marketing
July 31, 2012
PDF
31
33
21
7
2
4
2
2008 Election
December 8, 2008
HTML
42.08
35.17
—
3.78
—
2.17
16.80
Opinion polling from 2008 to June 2012
Polling firm
Last date of polling
Link
QLP
PQ
CAQ [ a]
QS
ON
GPQ
ADQ
Other
Léger Marketing
June 14, 2012
PDF
33
32
19
9
1
4
2
CROP
May 25, 2012
PDF
31
30
22
9
2
5
2
Léger Marketing
May 21, 2012
PDF
32
32
21
10
1
4
0
Forum Research
May 17, 2012
PDF
34
33
18
10
4
0
Segma Recherche
May 17, 2012
PDF
28
32
19
11
9
1
Forum Research
May 15, 2012
PDF
35
33
19
10
3
0
CROP
May 3, 2012
HTML
31
25
24
8
2
8
2
Léger Marketing
May 2, 2012
PDF
28
31
24
9
2
4
2
Forum Research
April 23, 2012
PDF
35
35
16
8
6
0
CROP
April 23, 2012
PDF
30
28
25
8
1
7
1
Forum Research
April 10, 2012
PDF
34
39
18
6
4
0
Léger Marketing
April 4, 2012
PDF
27
33
22
7
1
5
5
Forum Research
March 21, 2012
HTML
29
41
19
8
4
0
CROP
March 19, 2012
PDF [permanent dead link ]
30
34
24
5
1
5
Léger Marketing
March 7, 2012
PDF [permanent dead link ]
28
33
24
6
2
4
3
Forum Research
February 23, 2012
HTML
30
39
19
6
5
0
CROP
February 21, 2012
HTML
29
30
26
8
2
3
1
Léger Marketing
February 12, 2012
PDF
29
29
28
8
4
2
Léger Marketing
January 25, 2012
PDF [permanent dead link ]
26
25
32
9
6
2
CROP
January 23, 2012
PDF [permanent dead link ]
29
21
31
11
2
5
1
Léger Marketing
January 12, 2012
PDF
27
25
33
9
3
3
CROP
December 14, 2011
PDF
28
18
39
9
5
1
Léger Marketing
December 14, 2011
PDF
22
24
37
9
5
3
CROP
November 23, 2011
JPG
25
21
42
7
4
1
CROP
November 23, 2011
PDF [permanent dead link ]
27
19
33
6
5
6
3
Léger Marketing
November 17, 2011
PDF
22
21
35
8
3
8
3
Léger Marketing
October 27, 2011
PDF
22
20
35 *
8
5
8
2
CROP
October 17, 2011
PDF [permanent dead link ]
28
25
13
5
20
9
Léger Marketing
October 12, 2011
PDF
22
18
36 *
7
5
9
3
Léger Marketing
October 12, 2011
PDF
26
25
11
6
18
14
CROP
September 19, 2011
PDF [permanent dead link ]
28
28
11
7
18
9
Léger Marketing
September 15, 2011
PDF
25
17
34 *
7
6
9
2
Léger Marketing
September 15, 2011
PDF
31
26
9
5
16
13
CROP
August 22, 2011
PDF [permanent dead link ]
33
27
11
5
16
9
Léger Marketing
August 20, 2011
PDF
34
24
12
5
14
11
CROP
June 20, 2011
PDF
35
29
7
7
17
5
Léger Marketing
June 8, 2011
PDF
30
30
11
6
17
6
CROP
June 7, 2011
HTML
27
26
17
9
15
7
CROP
May 16, 2011
PDF [permanent dead link ]
23
34
12
11
16
5
Léger Marketing
May 11, 2011
PDF
30
34
9
4
18
5
Léger Marketing
April 14, 2011
PDF
31
38
9
5
14
3
Léger Marketing
March 10, 2011
PDF
27
37
11
5
13
7
Léger Marketing
February 10, 2011
PDF
28
34
9
7
15
7
CROP
September 27, 2010
HTML
31
40
9
7
13
Angus Reid Public Opinion
September 26, 2010
PDF
26
40
10
8
11
5
Léger Marketing
September 16, 2010
PDF
32
40
11
6
10
2
Léger Marketing
August 19, 2010
PDF
31
41
9
7
9
3
Angus Reid Public Opinion
August 12, 2010
PDF
31
39
8
8
12
3
Léger Marketing
June 11, 2010
PDF
30
41
8
5
13
2
Léger Marketing
May 6, 2010
PDF
31
40
8
7
12
1
Angus Reid Public Opinion
April 14, 2010
PDF
23
41
9
10
13
5
Léger Marketing
April 8, 2010
PDF
30
40
9
8
10
2
Léger Marketing
March 12, 2010
PDF
32
38
10
7
10
Léger Marketing
February 11, 2010
PDF
37
40
6
6
9
CROP
January 24, 2010
HTML
40
38
8
8
6
Léger Marketing
January 15, 2010
PDF
39
41
7
5
6
Léger Marketing
November 30, 2009
PDF
37
41
7
7
8
CROP
October 28, 2009
HTML
39
40
6
6
8
Léger Marketing
September 9, 2009
PDF
41
37
6
5
10
Environics
June 2009
HTML
45
38
4
1
11
Léger Marketing
May 25, 2009
PDF
40
40
5
5
8
1
Environics
April 2009
HTML
34
50
2
1
13
Environics
December 2008
HTML
36
40
8
1
14
2008 Election
December 8, 2008
HTML
42.08
35.17
—
3.78
—
2.17
16.37
0.43
Results
Summary of the September 4, 2012, National Assembly of Quebec election results[ 37]
Party[ 38]
Party leader[ 38]
Candidates[ 37]
Seats
Popular vote
2008
Dissol.
2012
Change
%
Number
%
Change (pp )
Parti Québécois
Pauline Marois
125
51
47
54
+3
43.20
1,393,703
31.95
-3.22
Liberal
Jean Charest
125
66
64
50
-16
40.00
1,360,968
31.20
-10.88
Coalition Avenir Québec
François Legault
125
7†
9
19
+12†
15.20
1,180,235
27.05
+10.68†
Québec solidaire
Françoise David , Amir Khadir ††
124
1
1
2
+1
1.60
263,111
6.03
+2.25
Option nationale
Jean-Martin Aussant
120
*
1
—
*
—
82,539
1.89
*
Green
Claude Sabourin
66
—
—
—
—
—
43,394
0.99
-1.18
Independent
46
—
1
—
—
—
11,578
0.27
+0.07
Conservative
Luc Harvey
27
*
—
—
*
—
7,654
0.18
*
Coalition pour la constituante
Marc Fafard
29
*
—
—
*
—
5,197
0.12
*
Parti nul
Renaud Blais
10
*
—
—
*
—
2,743
0.06
*
Équipe Autonomiste
Guy Boivin
17
*
—
—
*
—
2,182
0.05
*
Quebec Citizens' Union
Alexis St-Gelais
20
*
—
—
*
—
2,089
0.05
*
Parti de la classe moyenne
Jean Lavoie
7
*
—
—
*
—
2,053
0.05
*
Marxist–Leninist
Pierre Chénier
25
—
—
—
—
—
1,969
0.05
-0.03
Parti indépendantiste
Michel Lepage
10
—
—
—
—
—
1,244
0.03
-0.10
Unité Nationale
Paul Biron
12
*
—
—
*
—
1,227
0.03
*
Bloc Pot
Hugô St-Onge
2
*
—
—
*
—
420
0.01
*
Quebec – Democratic Revolution
Robert Genesse
1
*
—
—
*
—
256
0.01
*
Parti équitable
Yvan Rodrigue
1
*
—
—
*
—
126
0.00
*
Independent Option nationale
*
1
Vacant
1
Total
892
125
125
125
0
100.00%
4,362,688
100.00
Valid ballots
4,362,688
98.78
+0.28
Rejected ballots
53,749
1.22
-0.28
Voter turnout
4,416,437
74.60
+17.17
Registered electors
5,919,778
Notes:
† Results change is compared to the Action démocratique du Québec in 2008.
†† The party avoids formally designating David and Khadir as co-leaders, relying instead on internal direct democracy during general assembly meetings; the de jure leader recognized by the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec (DGE) is Régent Séguin.[ 39]
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
Vote share
PQ
31.95%
PLQ
31.20%
CAQ
27.05%
QS
6.03%
Option nationale
1.89%
Green
0.99%
Others
0.89%
Seats
PQ
43.20%
PLQ
40.00%
CAQ
15.20%
QS
1.60%
Synopsis of results
Results by riding - 2012 Quebec general election[ 40] [ 41] [ 42]
Riding
Winning party
Turnout[ a 1]
Votes[ a 2]
Name
2008
1st place
Votes
Share
Margin #
Margin %
2nd place
3rd place
PLQ
PQ
CAQ
QS
PVQ
ON
Ind
Other
Total
Abitibi-Est
PLQ
PQ
8,430
38.39%
777
3.54%
PLQ
CAQ
67.38%
7,653
8,430
4,059
1,047
316
452
–
–
21,957
Abitibi-Ouest
PQ
PQ
12,066
51.39%
7,307
31.12%
CAQ
PLQ
67.79%
4,399
12,066
4,759
1,260
–
997
–
–
23,481
Acadie
PLQ
PLQ
17,191
55.65%
11,798
38.19%
CAQ
PQ
64.76%
17,191
5,319
5,393
2,474
–
512
–
–
30,889
Anjou–Louis-Riel
PLQ
PLQ
12,953
40.12%
2,955
9.15%
PQ
CAQ
75.33%
12,953
9,998
6,371
2,347
–
407
–
212
32,288
Argenteuil
PLQ
PQ
12,449
38.52%
3,062
9.47%
PLQ
CAQ
74.33%
9,387
12,449
8,564
855
653
409
–
–
32,317
Arthabaska
PLQ
CAQ
19,016
42.42%
5,393
12.03%
PLQ
PQ
78.07%
13,623
8,991
19,016
1,775
501
519
316
91
44,832
Beauce-Nord
ADQ
CAQ
18,126
57.34%
10,156
32.13%
PLQ
PQ
76.58%
7,970
3,207
18,126
697
345
286
266
716
31,613
Beauce-Sud
PLQ
PLQ
14,791
42.39%
650
1.86%
CAQ
PQ
74.02%
14,791
3,987
14,141
861
–
558
302
256
34,896
Beauharnois
PQ
PQ
15,117
45.16%
6,518
19.47%
CAQ
PLQ
75.07%
6,861
15,117
8,599
1,328
512
515
353
188
33,473
Bellechasse
PLQ
PLQ
13,119
40.67%
698
2.16%
CAQ
PQ
76.12%
13,119
4,896
12,421
989
–
–
–
830
32,255
Berthier
PQ
PQ
19,584
46.94%
6,130
14.69%
CAQ
PLQ
75.69%
5,477
19,584
13,454
2,015
518
452
–
221
41,721
Bertrand
PQ
PQ
18,305
41.69%
4,300
9.79%
CAQ
PLQ
77.73%
7,602
18,305
14,005
2,351
682
744
–
222
43,911
Blainville
PQ
CAQ
19,288
41.32%
2,709
5.80%
PQ
PLQ
81.86%
7,401
16,579
19,288
1,817
701
749
–
141
46,676
Bonaventure
PLQ
PQ
11,809
47.55%
3,144
12.66%
PLQ
CAQ
69.31%
8,665
11,809
2,766
1,278
–
315
–
–
24,833
Borduas
PQ
PQ
18,363
39.32%
2,511
5.38%
CAQ
PLQ
84.46%
7,996
18,363
15,852
2,715
723
938
–
110
46,697
Bourassa-Sauvé
PLQ
PLQ
12,518
42.28%
4,426
14.95%
PQ
CAQ
64.17%
12,518
8,092
5,165
3,045
465
324
–
–
29,609
Bourget
PQ
PQ
16,379
45.68%
8,876
24.75%
CAQ
PLQ
74.19%
6,960
16,379
7,503
3,381
537
702
–
394
35,856
Brome-Missisquoi
PLQ
PLQ
13,841
33.02%
303
0.72%
CAQ
PQ
76.55%
13,841
10,670
13,538
1,944
724
490
268
437
41,912
Chambly
PQ
PQ
15,104
40.13%
2,247
5.97%
CAQ
PLQ
83.50%
6,203
15,104
12,857
1,878
633
765
–
199
37,639
Champlain
PQ
PQ
13,624
36.73%
1,404
3.79%
CAQ
PLQ
77.14%
8,188
13,624
12,220
1,541
–
1,084
319
113
37,089
Chapleau
PLQ
PLQ
14,812
42.13%
5,666
16.11%
PQ
CAQ
65.32%
14,812
9,146
8,191
1,731
774
421
–
86
35,161
Charlesbourg
PLQ
CAQ
15,278
36.89%
1,125
2.72%
PLQ
PQ
79.91%
14,153
8,760
15,278
1,612
–
780
232
603
41,418
Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré
PQ
PQ
15,472
40.65%
5,171
13.58%
PLQ
CAQ
75.95%
10,301
15,472
10,203
1,227
–
619
–
243
38,065
Châteauguay
PLQ
PLQ
13,819
37.64%
2,220
6.05%
PQ
CAQ
75.43%
13,819
11,599
8,734
1,220
684
396
–
259
36,711
Chauveau
ADQ
CAQ
23,449
52.99%
12,542
28.34%
PLQ
PQ
78.93%
10,907
7,247
23,449
1,337
–
677
–
633
44,250
Chicoutimi
PQ
PQ
15,768
44.51%
6,907
19.50%
CAQ
PLQ
76.77%
7,925
15,768
8,861
1,755
–
679
–
440
35,428
Chomedey
PLQ
PLQ
21,893
57.24%
14,514
37.95%
CAQ
PQ
67.91%
21,893
6,340
7,379
1,362
663
341
267
–
38,245
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
ADQ
CAQ
24,267
53.79%
13,911
30.84%
PLQ
PQ
84.12%
10,356
7,678
24,267
1,727
622
–
–
462
45,112
Côte-du-Sud
PLQ
PLQ
14,047
38.91%
3,296
9.13%
CAQ
PQ
72.22%
14,047
9,293
10,751
1,221
–
532
–
259
36,103
Crémazie
PQ
PQ
13,392
38.61%
3,388
9.77%
PLQ
CAQ
76.63%
10,004
13,392
5,933
4,014
518
825
–
–
34,686
D'Arcy-McGee
PLQ
PLQ
22,285
84.72%
20,347
77.35%
CAQ
QS
65.82%
22,285
767
1,938
987
–
–
328
–
26,305
Deux-Montagnes
PQ
PQ
14,423
38.80%
1,321
3.55%
CAQ
PLQ
79.99%
6,689
14,423
13,102
1,522
724
712
–
–
37,172
Drummond–Bois-Francs
PQ
CAQ
13,879
37.59%
2,505
6.78%
PQ
PLQ
75.65%
8,230
11,374
13,879
1,607
–
950
355
528
36,923
Dubuc
PLQ
PQ
12,345
42.19%
4,265
14.58%
PLQ
CAQ
74.63%
8,080
12,345
6,921
1,118
–
343
455
–
29,262
Duplessis
PQ
PQ
12,393
53.01%
6,251
26.74%
PLQ
CAQ
61.60%
6,142
12,393
2,694
1,032
–
593
119
407
23,380
Fabre
PLQ
PLQ
13,305
37.50%
3,381
9.53%
PQ
CAQ
75.96%
13,305
9,924
9,852
1,260
547
388
207
–
35,483
Gaspé
PLQ
PQ
11,825
56.79%
5,972
28.68%
PLQ
CAQ
67.58%
5,853
11,825
1,971
779
–
395
–
–
20,823
Gatineau
PLQ
PLQ
16,835
45.67%
6,752
18.32%
PQ
CAQ
66.24%
16,835
10,083
6,923
1,648
913
372
–
87
36,861
Gouin
PQ
QS
15,483
46.03%
4,556
13.54%
PQ
PLQ
77.93%
3,924
10,927
2,713
15,483
448
–
–
143
33,638
Granby
ADQ
CAQ
19,517
52.14%
11,015
29.43%
PQ
PLQ
76.13%
6,051
8,502
19,517
2,121
–
477
–
764
37,432
Groulx
PQ
CAQ
16,711
38.02%
1,763
4.01%
PQ
PLQ
79.08%
8,776
14,948
16,711
1,892
591
895
140
–
43,953
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
PQ
PQ
12,754
45.10%
6,053
21.40%
QS
CAQ
70.08%
3,262
12,754
3,564
6,701
453
1,116
–
431
28,281
Hull
PLQ
PLQ
13,179
39.48%
2,473
7.41%
PQ
CAQ
65.24%
13,179
10,706
5,323
2,651
787
288
–
451
33,385
Huntingdon
PLQ
PLQ
11,896
39.60%
3,889
12.95%
PQ
CAQ
73.32%
11,896
8,007
7,721
1,116
448
289
–
563
30,040
Iberville
PQ
PQ
13,779
38.90%
1,953
5.51%
CAQ
PLQ
77.99%
6,833
13,779
11,826
1,462
853
669
–
–
35,422
Îles-de-la-Madeleine
PLQ
PQ
4,304
51.01%
1,060
12.56%
PLQ
CAQ
78.08%
3,244
4,304
407
403
–
80
–
–
8,438
Jacques-Cartier
PLQ
PLQ
24,525
73.11%
19,519
58.18%
CAQ
PVQ
76.89%
24,525
1,232
5,006
859
1,522
128
189
86
33,547
Jean-Lesage
PLQ
PLQ
9,965
30.60%
651
2.00%
PQ
CAQ
71.13%
9,965
9,314
8,894
2,598
–
1,289
222
281
32,563
Jean-Talon
PLQ
PLQ
13,534
37.31%
3,471
9.57%
PQ
CAQ
80.93%
13,534
10,063
8,747
2,321
–
1,351
–
262
36,278
Jeanne-Mance-Viger
PLQ
PLQ
20,912
65.39%
16,269
50.87%
CAQ
PQ
67.41%
20,912
4,295
4,643
1,618
–
410
–
104
31,982
Johnson
PQ
PQ
15,007
36.16%
203
0.49%
CAQ
PLQ
74.96%
8,434
15,007
14,804
1,887
–
889
–
479
41,500
Joliette
PQ
PQ
20,509
47.12%
7,500
17.23%
CAQ
PLQ
78.34%
6,102
20,509
13,009
2,449
–
649
513
294
43,525
Jonquière
PQ
PQ
16,429
48.22%
7,889
23.16%
CAQ
PLQ
76.13%
6,833
16,429
8,540
1,089
–
427
218
534
34,070
Labelle
PQ
PQ
17,181
50.71%
9,099
26.86%
CAQ
PLQ
72.37%
5,749
17,181
8,082
1,976
574
319
–
–
33,881
Lac-Saint-Jean
PQ
PQ
16,972
53.11%
9,268
29.00%
CAQ
PLQ
75.53%
5,270
16,972
7,704
1,214
275
323
–
200
31,958
LaFontaine
PLQ
PLQ
17,081
59.14%
12,255
42.43%
PQ
CAQ
71.31%
17,081
4,826
4,728
1,248
507
252
–
238
28,880
La Peltrie
ADQ
CAQ
21,871
51.88%
10,124
24.01%
PLQ
PQ
79.05%
11,747[ a 3]
6,069
21,871
1,069
–
690
552
162
42,160
La Pinière
PLQ
PLQ
20,551
49.25%
10,331
24.76%
CAQ
PQ
72.13%
20,551
7,448
10,220
1,832
798
433
–
442
41,724
Laporte
PLQ
PLQ
12,827
37.19%
2,075
6.02%
PQ
CAQ
76.33%
12,827
10,752
8,023
2,043
–
550
–
291
34,486
La Prairie
PQ
CAQ
11,094
32.64%
75
0.22%
PQ
PLQ
82.45%
9,338
11,019
11,094
1,195
469
473
–
399
33,987
L'Assomption
PQ
CAQ
17,166
42.21%
1,078
2.65%
PQ
PLQ
80.43%
4,694
16,088
17,166[ a 4]
1,465
588
667
–
–
40,668
Laurier-Dorion
PLQ
PLQ
10,987
34.08%
2,463
7.64%
PQ
QS
70.21%
10,987
8,524
3,154
7,844
480
912
169
166
32,236
Laval-des-Rapides
PLQ
PQ
14,934
38.33%
2,362
6.06%
PLQ
CAQ
73.37%
12,572
14,934
8,493
1,643
517
594
–
205
38,958
Laviolette
PLQ
PLQ
10,903
43.17%
3,116
12.34%
PQ
CAQ
71.86%
10,903
7,787
4,934
951
–
492
124
67
25,258
Lévis
PLQ
CAQ
14,528
39.87%
3,273
8.98%
PLQ
PQ
79.35%
11,255
7,302
14,528
1,904
–
669
–
778
36,436
Lotbinière-Frontenac
New
PLQ
17,681
43.32%
4,956
12.14%
CAQ
PQ
77.06%
17,681
8,629
12,725
1,783
–
–
–
–
40,818
Louis-Hébert
PLQ
PLQ
14,602
38.42%
2,092
5.50%
CAQ
PQ
86.57%
14,602
8,127
12,510
1,359
–
706
–
700
38,004
Marguerite-Bourgeoys
PLQ
PLQ
19,993
56.91%
13,049
37.14%
PQ
CAQ
69.05%
19,993
6,944
6,104
1,434
–
543
–
113
35,131
Marie-Victorin
PQ
PQ
15,506
47.10%
8,387
25.48%
CAQ
PLQ
71.88%
5,773
15,506
7,119
2,702
648
832
–
338
32,918
Marquette
PLQ
PLQ
15,343
49.20%
8,660
27.77%
PQ
CAQ
70.39%
15,343
6,683
6,101
1,628
992
440
–
–
31,187
Maskinongé
PLQ
PLQ
11,676
32.06%
769
2.11%
CAQ
PQ
77.97%
11,676
10,888
10,907
1,334
389
784
–
437
36,415
Masson
PQ
PQ
17,377
45.96%
3,713
9.82%
CAQ
PLQ
78.17%
4,178
17,377
13,664
1,199
545
716
–
134
37,813
Matane-Matapédia
New
PQ
19,768
58.99%
13,505
40.30%
PLQ
CAQ
70.96%
6,263
19,768
5,332
1,230
348
440
–
127
33,508
Mégantic
PLQ
PLQ
9,946
35.09%
1,099
3.88%
PQ
CAQ
74.44%
9,946
8,847
7,260
1,531
–
473
284
–
28,341
Mercier
QS
QS
14,164
46.73%
7,027
23.18%
PQ
PLQ
76.27%
4,091
7,137
3,336
14,164
859
722
–
–
30,309
Mille-Îles
PLQ
PLQ
11,946
37.39%
1,797
5.63%
PQ
CAQ
77.62%
11,946
10,149
7,467
1,511
343
354
122
54
31,946
Mirabel
PQ
PQ
19,467
43.77%
3,300
7.42%
CAQ
PLQ
78.39%
5,812
19,467
16,167
1,687
–
988
353
–
44,474
Montarville
PQ
CAQ
16,083
35.74%
1,908
4.24%
PQ
PLQ
87.66%
11,020
14,175
16,083
2,010
633
877
–
205
45,003
Montmorency
PLQ
CAQ
16,239
38.21%
2,122
4.99%
PLQ
PQ
78.36%
14,117
8,736
16,239
1,460
–
755
517
671
42,495
Mont-Royal
PLQ
PLQ
16,892
66.23%
13,505
52.95%
CAQ
PQ
62.20%
16,892
2,276
3,387
1,743
597
363
–
248
25,506
Nelligan
PLQ
PLQ
27,470
66.31%
19,816
47.84%
CAQ
PQ
73.21%
27,470
3,716
7,654
966
1,238
292
–
89
41,425
Nicolet-Bécancour
PQ
CAQ
9,745
32.01%
1,876
6.16%
ON
PLQ
78.61%
6,840
5,644
9,745
–
–
7,869
–
348
30,446
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
PLQ
PLQ
16,761
62.65%
13,118
49.03%
CAQ
QS
67.94%
16,761
2,217
3,643
2,291
1,531
236
–
74
26,753
Orford
PLQ
PLQ
11,448
36.58%
1,888
6.03%
PQ
CAQ
78.10%
11,448
9,560
7,558
1,687
554
356
–
134
31,297
Outremont
PLQ
PLQ
10,949
41.52%
4,830
18.32%
PQ
QS
68.21%
10,949
6,119
3,691
4,751
–
451
–
410
26,371
Papineau
PLQ
PLQ
12,996
34.76%
167
0.45%
PQ
CAQ
66.53%
12,996
12,829
8,218
1,963
–
574
246
561
37,387
Pointe-aux-Trembles
PQ
PQ
15,406
50.26%
7,981
26.04%
CAQ
PLQ
76.37%
4,732
15,406
7,425
1,811
–
672
425
182
30,653
Pontiac
PLQ
PLQ
16,981
56.63%
11,564
38.56%
CAQ
PQ
62.13%
16,981
4,835
5,417
1,565
906
223
–
61
29,988
Portneuf
PLQ
CAQ
12,605
40.65%
2,203
7.10%
PLQ
PQ
77.81%
10,402
5,568
12,605
932
–
534
567
403
31,011
René-Lévesque
PQ
PQ
13,634
59.68%
9,474
41.47%
PLQ
CAQ
66.67%
4,160
13,634
3,643
892
–
517
–
–
22,846
Repentigny
New
PQ
16,762
40.70%
1,237
3.00%
CAQ
PLQ
82.46%
6,217
16,762
15,525
1,730
–
948
–
–
41,182
Richelieu
PQ
PQ
14,474
43.05%
3,601
10.71%
CAQ
PLQ
77.69%
6,128
14,474
10,873
1,084
–
1,065
–
–
33,624
Richmond
PLQ
PLQ
15,962
35.50%
269
0.60%
PQ
CAQ
79.26%
15,962
15,693
9,751
1,858
684
810
–
201
44,959
Rimouski
PQ
PQ
15,979
48.35%
8,721
26.39%
PLQ
CAQ
75.56%
7,258
15,979
5,684
2,409
630
910
–
182
33,052
Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata
New
PLQ
15,317
40.91%
2,447
6.54%
PQ
CAQ
74.56%
15,317
12,870
6,949
1,116
647
410
–
135
37,444
Robert-Baldwin
PLQ
PLQ
27,904
75.21%
23,087
62.23%
CAQ
PQ
69.09%
27,904
1,978
4,817
1,083
988
194
–
138
37,102
Roberval
PQ
PQ
15,069
46.70%
5,912
18.32%
PLQ
CAQ
72.59%
9,157
15,069
6,252
1,302
–
488
–
–
32,268
Rosemont
PQ
PQ
16,780
43.67%
8,944
23.28%
PLQ
CAQ
76.10%
7,836
16,780
6,657
5,564
–
1,079
–
507
38,423
Rousseau
PQ
PQ
18,112
41.72%
1,116
2.57%
CAQ
PLQ
72.54%
5,186
18,112
16,996
2,163
–
536
232
189
43,414
Rouyn-Noranda-Témiscamingue
PLQ
PQ
11,082
36.78%
3,099
10.29%
PLQ
CAQ
69.01%
7,983
11,082
7,140
2,941
451
534
–
–
30,131
Sainte-Marie-Saint-Jacques
PQ
PQ
10,199
35.76%
2,946
10.33%
QS
PLQ
68.18%
5,531
10,199
4,216
7,253
–
880
154
290
28,523
Sainte-Rose
New
PQ
13,508
34.86%
2,038
5.26%
CAQ
PLQ
79.12%
11,054
13,508
11,470
1,689
–
764
263
–
38,748
Saint-François
PLQ
PQ
15,303
36.34%
65
0.15%
PLQ
CAQ
77.25%
15,238
15,303
7,607
2,103
809
932
–
124
42,116
Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne
PLQ
PLQ
13,894
38.46%
2,307
6.39%
PQ
CAQ
68.11%
13,894
11,587
5,573
4,084
–
827
–
157
36,122
Saint-Hyacinthe
PQ
PQ
16,082
36.32%
2,120
4.79%
CAQ
PLQ
78.68%
10,552
16,082
13,962
2,198
–
803
–
679
44,276
Saint-Jean
PQ
PQ
18,304
40.73%
3,847
8.56%
CAQ
PLQ
78.34%
8,955
18,304
14,457
1,886
–
770
–
566
44,938
Saint-Jérôme
PQ
CAQ
16,179
39.96%
897
2.22%
PQ
PLQ
75.41%
5,087
15,282
16,179
2,903
506
532
–
–
40,489
Saint-Laurent
PLQ
PLQ
22,481
65.67%
17,579
51.35%
CAQ
PQ
64.52%
22,481
3,878
4,902
1,718
684
384
–
187
34,234
Saint-Maurice
PQ
PQ
9,395
35.65%
1,897
7.20%
CAQ
PLQ
73.55%
7,158
9,395
7,498
1,250
–
519
442
90
26,352
Sanguinet
New
PQ
12,384
40.68%
2,527
8.30%
CAQ
PLQ
80.39%
6,072
12,384
9,857[ a 5]
1,056
–
401
315
355
30,440
Sherbrooke
PLQ
PQ
15,909
42.12%
2,642
7.00%
PLQ
CAQ
78.10%
13,267
15,909
4,457
2,586
407
1,069
–
73
37,768
Soulanges
PLQ
PLQ
12,795
35.05%
1,514
4.15%
PQ
CAQ
79.00%
12,795
11,281
10,234
1,323
–
495
378
–
36,506
Taillon
PQ
PQ
15,508
40.21%
4,736
12.28%
CAQ
PLQ
76.76%
7,470
15,508
10,772
2,874
590
932
183
240
38,569
Taschereau
PQ
PQ
13,994
37.06%
4,297
11.38%
PLQ
CAQ
77.37%
9,697
13,994
6,311
4,416
–
2,804
–
540
37,762
Terrebonne
PQ
PQ
19,077
44.53%
3,648
8.52%
CAQ
PLQ
80.21%
5,646
19,077
15,429
1,380
635
510
–
160
42,837
Trois-Rivières
PLQ
PLQ
11,255
35.15%
1,001
3.13%
PQ
CAQ
75.22%
11,255
10,254
7,447
1,615
–
1,121
217
110
32,019
Ungava
PQ
PQ
4,854
45.52%
1,153
10.81%
PLQ
CAQ
41.62%
3,701
4,854
1,176
655
–
277
–
–
10,663
Vachon
PQ
PQ
14,824
39.58%
3,729
9.96%
CAQ
PLQ
78.68%
7,966
14,824
11,095
1,890
808
670
–
197
37,450
Vanier-Les Rivières
PLQ
CAQ
16,333
37.92%
1,331
3.09%
PLQ
PQ
78.67%
15,002
8,038
16,333
1,371
569
924
322
508
43,067
Vaudreuil
PLQ
PLQ
19,375
45.07%
8,362
19.45%
CAQ
PQ
76.43%
19,375
8,902
11,013
2,099
1,067
444
–
93
42,993
Verchères
PQ
PQ
22,052
47.27%
7,370
15.80%
CAQ
PLQ
84.14%
6,419
22,052
14,682
1,900
–
1,035
297
269
46,654
Verdun
PLQ
PLQ
11,920
35.42%
547
1.63%
PQ
CAQ
71.37%
11,920
11,373
6,373
2,449
825
525
–
185
33,650
Viau
PLQ
PLQ
11,788
47.28%
5,888
23.61%
PQ
CAQ
62.35%
11,788
5,900
3,103
2,873
530
740
–
–
24,934
Vimont
PLQ
PLQ
12,973
37.48%
2,409
6.96%
PQ
CAQ
79.34%
12,973
10,564
8,544
1,373
–
688
253
219
34,614
Westmount-Saint-Louis
PLQ
PLQ
15,774
67.69%
12,718
54.58%
CAQ
PQ
59.44%
15,774
1,739
3,056
1,493
916
230
94
–
23,302
^ including spoilt ballots
^ All parties with more than 1% of the vote are shown individually. Independent candidates and other minor parties are aggregated separately. Parties are presented in the order shown on EQ data.
^ Jean-François Gosselin was previously elected in 2007 as the adéquiste MNA for Jean-Lesage .
^ François Legault was previously the péquiste MNA for Rousseau .
^ François Rebello was previously the péquiste MNA for La Prairie .
= open seat
= turnout is above provincial average
= winning candidate was in previous Legislature
= incumbent had switched allegiance
= previously incumbent in another riding
= not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
= incumbency arose from byelection gain
= other incumbents renominated
= previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
= multiple candidates
Summary analysis
Resulting composition of the National Assembly (2008)[ 42]
Source
Party
PQ
Lib
CAQ
QS
Total
Seats retained
Incumbents returned
31
42
4
1
78
Open seats held
8
6
1
15
Ouster of incumbent changing allegiance
1
1
Seats changing hands
Incumbents defeated
7
9
1
17
Open seats gained
2
4
6
Incumbents changing allegiance
1
1
Byelection gain held
1
1
New seats
Previous incumbents from other ridings
2
2
4
New MNAs
2
Total
54
50
19
2
125
See also
^ Polls prior to November 2011 were listed as "New Party led by François Legault".
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