2012 Quebec general 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]

2012 Quebec general election
September 4, 2012
125 seats in the National Assembly of Quebec
63 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout74.60% (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.
Premier before election

Jean Charest
Liberal

 Premier after election

Pauline Marois
Parti Québécois

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

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 ridingsNew ridings
Renaming of districts
Drawn from other districts
Merger of districts
  1. Part from L'Assomption.
  2. Parts from Fabre and Vimont.
  3. Parts from Châteauguay, La Prairie and Huntingdon.

Incumbent MNAs who did not run for re-election

Opinion polls
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

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.

^1 Results change is compared to the Action démocratique du Québec in 2008.

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 8,43038.39%7773.54% PLQ CAQ 67.38%7,6538,4304,0591,047316452––21,957
Abitibi-Ouest PQ PQ 12,06651.39%7,30731.12% CAQ PLQ 67.79%4,39912,0664,7591,260–997––23,481
Acadie PLQ PLQ 17,19155.65%11,79838.19% CAQ PQ 64.76%17,1915,3195,3932,474–512––30,889
Anjou–Louis-Riel PLQ PLQ 12,95340.12%2,9559.15% PQ CAQ 75.33%12,9539,9986,3712,347–407–21232,288
Argenteuil PLQ PQ 12,44938.52%3,0629.47% PLQ CAQ 74.33%9,38712,4498,564855653409––32,317
Arthabaska PLQ CAQ 19,01642.42%5,39312.03% PLQ PQ 78.07%13,6238,99119,0161,7755015193169144,832
Beauce-Nord ADQ CAQ 18,12657.34%10,15632.13% PLQ PQ 76.58%7,9703,20718,12669734528626671631,613
Beauce-Sud PLQ PLQ 14,79142.39%6501.86% CAQ PQ 74.02%14,7913,98714,141861–55830225634,896
Beauharnois PQ PQ 15,11745.16%6,51819.47% CAQ PLQ 75.07%6,86115,1178,5991,32851251535318833,473
Bellechasse PLQ PLQ 13,11940.67%6982.16% CAQ PQ 76.12%13,1194,89612,421989–––83032,255
Berthier PQ PQ 19,58446.94%6,13014.69% CAQ PLQ 75.69%5,47719,58413,4542,015518452–22141,721
Bertrand PQ PQ 18,30541.69%4,3009.79% CAQ PLQ 77.73%7,60218,30514,0052,351682744–22243,911
Blainville PQ CAQ 19,28841.32%2,7095.80% PQ PLQ 81.86%7,40116,57919,2881,817701749–14146,676
Bonaventure PLQ PQ 11,80947.55%3,14412.66% PLQ CAQ 69.31%8,66511,8092,7661,278–315––24,833
Borduas PQ PQ 18,36339.32%2,5115.38% CAQ PLQ 84.46%7,99618,36315,8522,715723938–11046,697
Bourassa-Sauvé PLQ PLQ 12,51842.28%4,42614.95% PQ CAQ 64.17%12,5188,0925,1653,045465324––29,609
Bourget PQ PQ 16,37945.68%8,87624.75% CAQ PLQ 74.19%6,96016,3797,5033,381537702–39435,856
Brome-Missisquoi PLQ PLQ 13,84133.02%3030.72% CAQ PQ 76.55%13,84110,67013,5381,94472449026843741,912
Chambly PQ PQ 15,10440.13%2,2475.97% CAQ PLQ 83.50%6,20315,10412,8571,878633765–19937,639
Champlain PQ PQ 13,62436.73%1,4043.79% CAQ PLQ 77.14%8,18813,62412,2201,541–1,08431911337,089
Chapleau PLQ PLQ 14,81242.13%5,66616.11% PQ CAQ 65.32%14,8129,1468,1911,731774421–8635,161
Charlesbourg PLQ CAQ 15,27836.89%1,1252.72% PLQ PQ 79.91%14,1538,76015,2781,612–78023260341,418
Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré PQ PQ 15,47240.65%5,17113.58% PLQ CAQ 75.95%10,30115,47210,2031,227–619–24338,065
Châteauguay PLQ PLQ 13,81937.64%2,2206.05% PQ CAQ 75.43%13,81911,5998,7341,220684396–25936,711
Chauveau ADQ CAQ 23,44952.99%12,54228.34% PLQ PQ 78.93%10,9077,24723,4491,337–677–63344,250
Chicoutimi PQ PQ 15,76844.51%6,90719.50% CAQ PLQ 76.77%7,92515,7688,8611,755–679–44035,428
Chomedey PLQ PLQ 21,89357.24%14,51437.95% CAQ PQ 67.91%21,8936,3407,3791,362663341267–38,245
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière ADQ CAQ 24,26753.79%13,91130.84% PLQ PQ 84.12%10,3567,67824,2671,727622––46245,112
Côte-du-Sud PLQ PLQ 14,04738.91%3,2969.13% CAQ PQ 72.22%14,0479,29310,7511,221–532–25936,103
Crémazie PQ PQ 13,39238.61%3,3889.77% PLQ CAQ 76.63%10,00413,3925,9334,014518825––34,686
D'Arcy-McGee PLQ PLQ 22,28584.72%20,34777.35% CAQ QS 65.82%22,2857671,938987––328–26,305
Deux-Montagnes PQ PQ 14,42338.80%1,3213.55% CAQ PLQ 79.99%6,68914,42313,1021,522724712––37,172
Drummond–Bois-Francs PQ CAQ 13,87937.59%2,5056.78% PQ PLQ 75.65%8,23011,37413,8791,607–95035552836,923
Dubuc PLQ PQ 12,34542.19%4,26514.58% PLQ CAQ 74.63%8,08012,3456,9211,118–343455–29,262
Duplessis PQ PQ 12,39353.01%6,25126.74% PLQ CAQ 61.60%6,14212,3932,6941,032–59311940723,380
Fabre PLQ PLQ 13,30537.50%3,3819.53% PQ CAQ 75.96%13,3059,9249,8521,260547388207–35,483
Gaspé PLQ PQ 11,82556.79%5,97228.68% PLQ CAQ 67.58%5,85311,8251,971779–395––20,823
Gatineau PLQ PLQ 16,83545.67%6,75218.32% PQ CAQ 66.24%16,83510,0836,9231,648913372–8736,861
Gouin PQ QS 15,48346.03%4,55613.54% PQ PLQ 77.93%3,92410,9272,71315,483448––14333,638
Granby ADQ CAQ 19,51752.14%11,01529.43% PQ PLQ 76.13%6,0518,50219,5172,121–477–76437,432
Groulx PQ CAQ 16,71138.02%1,7634.01% PQ PLQ 79.08%8,77614,94816,7111,892591895140–43,953
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve PQ PQ 12,75445.10%6,05321.40% QS CAQ 70.08%3,26212,7543,5646,7014531,116–43128,281
Hull PLQ PLQ 13,17939.48%2,4737.41% PQ CAQ 65.24%13,17910,7065,3232,651787288–45133,385
Huntingdon PLQ PLQ 11,89639.60%3,88912.95% PQ CAQ 73.32%11,8968,0077,7211,116448289–56330,040
Iberville PQ PQ 13,77938.90%1,9535.51% CAQ PLQ 77.99%6,83313,77911,8261,462853669––35,422
Îles-de-la-Madeleine PLQ PQ 4,30451.01%1,06012.56% PLQ CAQ 78.08%3,2444,304407403–80––8,438
Jacques-Cartier PLQ PLQ 24,52573.11%19,51958.18% CAQ PVQ 76.89%24,5251,2325,0068591,5221281898633,547
Jean-Lesage PLQ PLQ 9,96530.60%6512.00% PQ CAQ 71.13%9,9659,3148,8942,598–1,28922228132,563
Jean-Talon PLQ PLQ 13,53437.31%3,4719.57% PQ CAQ 80.93%13,53410,0638,7472,321–1,351–26236,278
Jeanne-Mance-Viger PLQ PLQ 20,91265.39%16,26950.87% CAQ PQ 67.41%20,9124,2954,6431,618–410–10431,982
Johnson PQ PQ 15,00736.16%2030.49% CAQ PLQ 74.96%8,43415,00714,8041,887–889–47941,500
Joliette PQ PQ 20,50947.12%7,50017.23% CAQ PLQ 78.34%6,10220,50913,0092,449–64951329443,525
Jonquière PQ PQ 16,42948.22%7,88923.16% CAQ PLQ 76.13%6,83316,4298,5401,089–42721853434,070
Labelle PQ PQ 17,18150.71%9,09926.86% CAQ PLQ 72.37%5,74917,1818,0821,976574319––33,881
Lac-Saint-Jean PQ PQ 16,97253.11%9,26829.00% CAQ PLQ 75.53%5,27016,9727,7041,214275323–20031,958
LaFontaine PLQ PLQ 17,08159.14%12,25542.43% PQ CAQ 71.31%17,0814,8264,7281,248507252–23828,880
La Peltrie ADQ CAQ 21,87151.88%10,12424.01% PLQ PQ 79.05%11,747[a 3]6,06921,8711,069–69055216242,160
La Pinière PLQ PLQ 20,55149.25%10,33124.76% CAQ PQ 72.13%20,5517,44810,2201,832798433–44241,724
Laporte PLQ PLQ 12,82737.19%2,0756.02% PQ CAQ 76.33%12,82710,7528,0232,043–550–29134,486
La Prairie PQ CAQ 11,09432.64%750.22% PQ PLQ 82.45%9,33811,01911,0941,195469473–39933,987
L'Assomption PQ CAQ 17,16642.21%1,0782.65% PQ PLQ 80.43%4,69416,08817,166[a 4]1,465588667––40,668
Laurier-Dorion PLQ PLQ 10,98734.08%2,4637.64% PQ QS 70.21%10,9878,5243,1547,84448091216916632,236
Laval-des-Rapides PLQ PQ 14,93438.33%2,3626.06% PLQ CAQ 73.37%12,57214,9348,4931,643517594–20538,958
Laviolette PLQ PLQ 10,90343.17%3,11612.34% PQ CAQ 71.86%10,9037,7874,934951–4921246725,258
Lévis PLQ CAQ 14,52839.87%3,2738.98% PLQ PQ 79.35%11,2557,30214,5281,904–669–77836,436
Lotbinière-Frontenac New PLQ 17,68143.32%4,95612.14% CAQ PQ 77.06%17,6818,62912,7251,783––––40,818
Louis-Hébert PLQ PLQ 14,60238.42%2,0925.50% CAQ PQ 86.57%14,6028,12712,5101,359–706–70038,004
Marguerite-Bourgeoys PLQ PLQ 19,99356.91%13,04937.14% PQ CAQ 69.05%19,9936,9446,1041,434–543–11335,131
Marie-Victorin PQ PQ 15,50647.10%8,38725.48% CAQ PLQ 71.88%5,77315,5067,1192,702648832–33832,918
Marquette PLQ PLQ 15,34349.20%8,66027.77% PQ CAQ 70.39%15,3436,6836,1011,628992440––31,187
Maskinongé PLQ PLQ 11,67632.06%7692.11% CAQ PQ 77.97%11,67610,88810,9071,334389784–43736,415
Masson PQ PQ 17,37745.96%3,7139.82% CAQ PLQ 78.17%4,17817,37713,6641,199545716–13437,813
Matane-Matapédia New PQ 19,76858.99%13,50540.30% PLQ CAQ 70.96%6,26319,7685,3321,230348440–12733,508
Mégantic PLQ PLQ 9,94635.09%1,0993.88% PQ CAQ 74.44%9,9468,8477,2601,531–473284–28,341
Mercier QS QS 14,16446.73%7,02723.18% PQ PLQ 76.27%4,0917,1373,33614,164859722––30,309
Mille-Îles PLQ PLQ 11,94637.39%1,7975.63% PQ CAQ 77.62%11,94610,1497,4671,5113433541225431,946
Mirabel PQ PQ 19,46743.77%3,3007.42% CAQ PLQ 78.39%5,81219,46716,1671,687–988353–44,474
Montarville PQ CAQ 16,08335.74%1,9084.24% PQ PLQ 87.66%11,02014,17516,0832,010633877–20545,003
Montmorency PLQ CAQ 16,23938.21%2,1224.99% PLQ PQ 78.36%14,1178,73616,2391,460–75551767142,495
Mont-Royal PLQ PLQ 16,89266.23%13,50552.95% CAQ PQ 62.20%16,8922,2763,3871,743597363–24825,506
Nelligan PLQ PLQ 27,47066.31%19,81647.84% CAQ PQ 73.21%27,4703,7167,6549661,238292–8941,425
Nicolet-Bécancour PQ CAQ 9,74532.01%1,8766.16% ON PLQ 78.61%6,8405,6449,745––7,869–34830,446
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce PLQ PLQ 16,76162.65%13,11849.03% CAQ QS 67.94%16,7612,2173,6432,2911,531236–7426,753
Orford PLQ PLQ 11,44836.58%1,8886.03% PQ CAQ 78.10%11,4489,5607,5581,687554356–13431,297
Outremont PLQ PLQ 10,94941.52%4,83018.32% PQ QS 68.21%10,9496,1193,6914,751–451–41026,371
Papineau PLQ PLQ 12,99634.76%1670.45% PQ CAQ 66.53%12,99612,8298,2181,963–57424656137,387
Pointe-aux-Trembles PQ PQ 15,40650.26%7,98126.04% CAQ PLQ 76.37%4,73215,4067,4251,811–67242518230,653
Pontiac PLQ PLQ 16,98156.63%11,56438.56% CAQ PQ 62.13%16,9814,8355,4171,565906223–6129,988
Portneuf PLQ CAQ 12,60540.65%2,2037.10% PLQ PQ 77.81%10,4025,56812,605932–53456740331,011
René-Lévesque PQ PQ 13,63459.68%9,47441.47% PLQ CAQ 66.67%4,16013,6343,643892–517––22,846
Repentigny New PQ 16,76240.70%1,2373.00% CAQ PLQ 82.46%6,21716,76215,5251,730–948––41,182
Richelieu PQ PQ 14,47443.05%3,60110.71% CAQ PLQ 77.69%6,12814,47410,8731,084–1,065––33,624
Richmond PLQ PLQ 15,96235.50%2690.60% PQ CAQ 79.26%15,96215,6939,7511,858684810–20144,959
Rimouski PQ PQ 15,97948.35%8,72126.39% PLQ CAQ 75.56%7,25815,9795,6842,409630910–18233,052
Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata New PLQ 15,31740.91%2,4476.54% PQ CAQ 74.56%15,31712,8706,9491,116647410–13537,444
Robert-Baldwin PLQ PLQ 27,90475.21%23,08762.23% CAQ PQ 69.09%27,9041,9784,8171,083988194–13837,102
Roberval PQ PQ 15,06946.70%5,91218.32% PLQ CAQ 72.59%9,15715,0696,2521,302–488––32,268
Rosemont PQ PQ 16,78043.67%8,94423.28% PLQ CAQ 76.10%7,83616,7806,6575,564–1,079–50738,423
Rousseau PQ PQ 18,11241.72%1,1162.57% CAQ PLQ 72.54%5,18618,11216,9962,163–53623218943,414
Rouyn-Noranda-Témiscamingue PLQ PQ 11,08236.78%3,09910.29% PLQ CAQ 69.01%7,98311,0827,1402,941451534––30,131
Sainte-Marie-Saint-Jacques PQ PQ 10,19935.76%2,94610.33% QS PLQ 68.18%5,53110,1994,2167,253–88015429028,523
Sainte-Rose New PQ 13,50834.86%2,0385.26% CAQ PLQ 79.12%11,05413,50811,4701,689–764263–38,748
Saint-François PLQ PQ 15,30336.34%650.15% PLQ CAQ 77.25%15,23815,3037,6072,103809932–12442,116
Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne PLQ PLQ 13,89438.46%2,3076.39% PQ CAQ 68.11%13,89411,5875,5734,084–827–15736,122
Saint-Hyacinthe PQ PQ 16,08236.32%2,1204.79% CAQ PLQ 78.68%10,55216,08213,9622,198–803–67944,276
Saint-Jean PQ PQ 18,30440.73%3,8478.56% CAQ PLQ 78.34%8,95518,30414,4571,886–770–56644,938
Saint-Jérôme PQ CAQ 16,17939.96%8972.22% PQ PLQ 75.41%5,08715,28216,1792,903506532––40,489
Saint-Laurent PLQ PLQ 22,48165.67%17,57951.35% CAQ PQ 64.52%22,4813,8784,9021,718684384–18734,234
Saint-Maurice PQ PQ 9,39535.65%1,8977.20% CAQ PLQ 73.55%7,1589,3957,4981,250–5194429026,352
Sanguinet New PQ 12,38440.68%2,5278.30% CAQ PLQ 80.39%6,07212,3849,857[a 5]1,056–40131535530,440
Sherbrooke PLQ PQ 15,90942.12%2,6427.00% PLQ CAQ 78.10%13,26715,9094,4572,5864071,069–7337,768
Soulanges PLQ PLQ 12,79535.05%1,5144.15% PQ CAQ 79.00%12,79511,28110,2341,323–495378–36,506
Taillon PQ PQ 15,50840.21%4,73612.28% CAQ PLQ 76.76%7,47015,50810,7722,87459093218324038,569
Taschereau PQ PQ 13,99437.06%4,29711.38% PLQ CAQ 77.37%9,69713,9946,3114,416–2,804–54037,762
Terrebonne PQ PQ 19,07744.53%3,6488.52% CAQ PLQ 80.21%5,64619,07715,4291,380635510–16042,837
Trois-Rivières PLQ PLQ 11,25535.15%1,0013.13% PQ CAQ 75.22%11,25510,2547,4471,615–1,12121711032,019
Ungava PQ PQ 4,85445.52%1,15310.81% PLQ CAQ 41.62%3,7014,8541,176655–277––10,663
Vachon PQ PQ 14,82439.58%3,7299.96% CAQ PLQ 78.68%7,96614,82411,0951,890808670–19737,450
Vanier-Les Rivières PLQ CAQ 16,33337.92%1,3313.09% PLQ PQ 78.67%15,0028,03816,3331,37156992432250843,067
Vaudreuil PLQ PLQ 19,37545.07%8,36219.45% CAQ PQ 76.43%19,3758,90211,0132,0991,067444–9342,993
Verchères PQ PQ 22,05247.27%7,37015.80% CAQ PLQ 84.14%6,41922,05214,6821,900–1,03529726946,654
Verdun PLQ PLQ 11,92035.42%5471.63% PQ CAQ 71.37%11,92011,3736,3732,449825525–18533,650
Viau PLQ PLQ 11,78847.28%5,88823.61% PQ CAQ 62.35%11,7885,9003,1032,873530740––24,934
Vimont PLQ PLQ 12,97337.48%2,4096.96% PQ CAQ 79.34%12,97310,5648,5441,373–68825321934,614
Westmount-Saint-Louis PLQ PLQ 15,77467.69%12,71854.58% CAQ PQ 59.44%15,7741,7393,0561,49391623094–23,302
  1. including spoilt ballots
  2. 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.
  3. Jean-François Gosselin was previously elected in 2007 as the adéquiste MNA for Jean-Lesage.
  4. François Legault was previously the péquiste MNA for Rousseau.
  5. 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
Party candidates in 2nd place[40]
Party in 1st placeParty in 2nd placeTotal
PQPLQADQQSON
Parti Québécois 2032254
Liberal 292150
Coalition Avenir Québec 810119
Québec solidaire 22
Total 39305321125
Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party[40]
Parties1st2nd3rd4th5th
█ Parti Québécois 5439284
█ Liberal 5030441
█ Coalition Avenir Québec 1953485
█ Québec solidaire 2241142
█ Option nationale 185
█ Green 1132
█ Independent 2
█ Conservative 2
█ Parti de la classe moyenne 1


Resulting composition of the National Assembly (2008)[42]
SourceParty
PQ Lib CAQ QS Total
Seats retainedIncumbents returned 31424178
Open seats held 86115
Ouster of incumbent changing allegiance 11
Seats changing handsIncumbents defeated 79117
Open seats gained 246
Incumbents changing allegiance 11
Byelection gain held 11
New seatsPrevious incumbents from other ridings 224
New MNAs 2
Total 5450192125

See also

Footnotes
  1. Polls prior to November 2011 were listed as "New Party led by François Legault".

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