Live – Quebec Elections: CAQ won 41% of the vote and 72% of the seats in the National Assembly

Support for the Liberals, Québec Solidare and PQ fell, while the Conservatives’ newfound popularity failed to generate any seats.

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  • CAQ won 41% of the votes and 72% of the seats in the National Assembly
  • ‘The National Assembly will continue to suffer from a huge democratic deficit,’ says Duhaime
  • Only the solidary Quebecois resisted the CAQ wave: Nadeau-Dubois
  • ‘Our work continues,’ says Balarama Holness
  • CAQ crushes Quebec but stalls in Montreal
  • Quebec election results: ‘I will be the prime minister of all Quebecers,’ says François Legault after overwhelming majority win
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CAQ won 41% of the votes and 72% of the seats in the National Assembly

Elections Quebec says the vote count is over.

Here’s a look at the results.

CAQ: 90 seats, 41 percent of the popular vote

François Legault’s Avenir Québec Coalition increased its number of seats by 16. Its popular vote also increased, by almost four percentage points.

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The party won 41 percent of the popular vote and 72 percent of the 125 seats in the National Assembly.

The CAQ also:

  • He took a seat away from the Liberals on the island of Montreal (Anjou-Louis-Riel).
  • It also lost a Montreal seat (Camille-Laurin) to the Parti Québecois.
  • It now has two seats on the island of Montreal, the same count as in 2018.
  • One of its star candidates, former Bloc Québécois deputy Caroline St-Hilaire, lost in Sherbrooke to Québec solidaire.

Liberals: 21 seats, 14.3 percent of the popular vote

Leader Dominique Anglade won her race (St-Henri-Ste-Anne) and held onto most of the strongholds, but the Liberals fared poorly overall, with Francophone voters avoiding the party.

The party won 10 fewer seats than in 2018. Its share of the popular vote fell by more than 10 percentage points.

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Liberals won:

  • A seat in the Outaouais (Pontiac) region.
  • Two of six seats at Laval (compared to five in 2018).
  • A horse riding along the South Coast (La Pinière).
  • One riding just west of Montreal (Vaudreuil).
  • 16 of the 27 Montreal races (up from 19 in 2018).

Québec Solidaire: 11 seats, 15.4 percent of the popular vote

Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois’s seat count increased by one compared to 2018, but his share of the popular vote fell by nearly a full percentage point.

The party won:

  • Eight walks in Montreal, including Verdun, which he took from the Liberals
  • Held in his seat in Eastern Townships (Sherbrooke)
  • Won two seats in Quebec City

Parti Québécois: three seats, 14.6 percent of the popular vote

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon’s party saw both its seat count and its share of the popular vote fall. He won seven fewer seats than in 2018 and his share of the vote fell 2.4 percentage points.

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The party won:

  • Camille-Laurin in the east end of Montreal.
  • Matane-Matapédia in eastern Quebec.
  • Iles-de-la-Madeleine.

Conservatives: zero seats, 12.9 percent of the popular vote.

Éric Duhaime managed to put the Conservatives on the map. His share of the popular vote was just 1.5 percent in 2018.

But he failed to win the seats, despite hopes that he would make gains in Quebec City and Beauce.

Duhaime is the only leader not to win a seat, but in a concession speech last night he promised to lead the party to the next general election in four years.

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‘The National Assembly will continue to suffer from a huge democratic deficit,’ says Duhaime

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Only the solidary Quebecois resisted the CAQ wave: Nadeau-Dubois

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‘Our work continues,’ says Balarama Holness

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9:45 a.m.

CAQ crushes Quebec but stalls in Montreal

A new mandate and it’s a whopper.

With his opposition divided into four different parties and Quebecers eager for stability, François Legault easily agreed to his second term as prime minister with a majority government on Monday.

Read our full story, by Philip Authier.


9:45 a.m.

Quebec election results: ‘I will be the prime minister of all Quebecers,’ says François Legault after overwhelming majority win

A detailed account of election night.

Read last night’s live blog.


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