2012 Quebec general election

2012 Quebec general election
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125 seats in the National Assembly of Quebec; 63 seats needed for a majority
	Opinion polls
Turnout	74.60% (17.17%)
	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

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

December 8 – 39th Quebec general election
December 15 – Pauline Marois becomes the leader of the Official Opposition.
December 18 – Swearing in of the Cabinet members

2009

January 13 – Yvon Vallières is elected President of the National Assembly.
January 14 – An economic statement is pronounced by Monique Jérôme-Forget.
March 6 – Resignation of Mario Dumont (ADQ) as MNA of Rivière-du-Loup
March 10 – The opening speech of the 39th Quebec Legislature is pronounced by Premier Jean Charest.
March 25 — The Conservative Party of Quebec is registered.^[6]
April 8 – Resignation of Monique Jérôme-Forget (Lib) as MNA of Marguerite-Bourgeoys
April 9 — The Parti nul is registered.^[7]
June 22 – In two by-elections, Jean D'Amour (Lib) and Clément Gignac (Lib) are elected MNAs of Rivière-du-Loup and Marguerite-Bourgeoys respectively.
June 25 – Resignation of François Legault (PQ) as MNA of Rousseau
September 21 – In a by-election, Nicolas Marceau (PQ) is elected MNA of Rousseau with 57% of the vote.
October 18 – Gilles Taillon is elected as leader of the Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ).
November 6 – Éric Caire and Marc Picard leave the ADQ to sit as independents.
November 10 – Gilles Taillon resigns his post as ADQ leader amid Caire and Picard's defections. Taillon also called for a police investigation into the “troubling” funding practices in the party."^[8]
November 19 – Gérard Deltell replaces Taillon as leader of ADQ.^[9]

2010

January 6 – Resignation of Camil Bouchard (PQ) as MNA of Vachon
May 6 – Tony Tomassi is kicked out of the Liberal cabinet and caucus after it is revealed he was given a gasoline credit card by a private security firm.
July 5 – In a by-election, Martine Ouellet (PQ) is elected MNA of Vachon with 59% of the vote.
August 9 – Resignation of Jacques Dupuis (Lib) as MNA of Saint-Laurent
September 7 – Resignation of Claude Béchard as MNA of Kamouraska-Témiscouata (Lib), he dies from cancer later that day
September 13 – In a by-election, Jean-Marc Fournier (Lib) is elected MNA of Saint-Laurent with 64% of the vote.
November 29 – In a by-election, André Simard (PQ) is elected MNA of Kamouraska-Témiscouata with 37% of the vote.

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

January 9 – François Rebello (PQ) joins the Coalition Avenir Québec.^[21]
January 22 – The ADQ membership approves a merger with the Coalition Avenir Québec, resulting in ADQ MNA's Sylvie Roy, Janvier Grondin, François Bonnardel and leader Gérard Deltell becoming CAQ members.^[22]
February 14 — The Coalition Avenir Québec is registered.^[23]
February 25 – Founding convention of Option nationale.
March 4 – Independent Lisette Lapointe announces that she will not run in the next election.^[24]
March 21 — The Équipe autonomiste is registered.^[25]
April 3 - Louise Beaudoin (Ind) rejoins the Parti Québécois.^[26]
April 5 - René Gauvreau (Ind) is re-admitted into the Parti Québécois.^[27]
May 3 - Resignation of Tony Tomassi (Ind) as MNA of LaFontaine^[28]
May 8 — The Middle Class Party of Quebec is registered.^[29]
May 14 - Resignation of Line Beauchamp (Lib) as MNA of Bourassa-Sauvé^[30]
June 11 - In by-elections, Marc Tanguay (Lib) is elected MNA of LaFontaine with 53% of the vote,^[31] and Roland Richer (PQ) is elected MNA of Argenteuil with 36% of the vote.^[32]
June 13 — The Coalition pour la constituante is registered.^[33]
June 29 — The Parti démocratie chrétienne du Québec is renamed to Parti unité nationale.^[34]
July 11 — Documents from the Quebec Liberal Party and the Government suggest that a general election will be called on August 1 and take place on Tuesday, September 4.
July 13 — The Quebec Citizens' Union is registered.^[35]
August 1 - Lieutenant Governor Pierre Duchesne dissolves the National Assembly, on Premier Jean Charest's request, and calls an election for September 4, 2012.^[1]
September 4 - The election takes place.
- Pauline Marois's victory speech is disrupted by the 2012 Montreal shooting.

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
Anjou	Anjou–Louis-Riel
Charlevoix	Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré
Drummond	Drummond–Bois-Francs
Marguerite-D'Youville	Montarville
Mégantic-Compton	Mégantic
Montmagny-L'Islet	Côte-du-Sud
Nicolet-Yamaska	Nicolet-Bécancour
Prévost	Saint-Jérôme
Shefford	Granby
Vanier	Vanier-Les Rivières
Drawn from other districts
	Repentigny^{[a 1]}
	Sainte-Rose^{[a 2]}
	Sanguinet^{[a 3]}
Merger of districts
Lotbinière Frontenac	Lotbinière-Frontenac
Matane Matapédia	Matane-Matapédia
Rivière-du-Loup Kamouraska-Témiscouata	Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata

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

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
Party^[38]		Party leader^[38]	Candidates^[37]	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
Name	2008		1st place		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %	2nd place		3rd place											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

= 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 place		Party in 2nd place					Total
Party in 1st place		PQ	PLQ	ADQ	QS	ON	Total
	Parti Québécois		20	32	2		54
	Liberal	29		21			50
	Coalition Avenir Québec	8	10			1	19
	Québec solidaire	2					2
Total		39	30	53	2	1	125

Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party^[40]
Parties	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
█ Parti Québécois	54	39	28	4
█ Liberal	50	30	44	1
█ Coalition Avenir Québec	19	53	48	5
█ Québec solidaire	2	2	4	114	2
█ Option nationale		1			85
█ Green			1	1	32
█ Independent					2
█ Conservative					2
█ Parti de la classe moyenne					1

Resulting composition of the National Assembly (2008)^[42]
Source		Party
Source		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 seats	New MNAs	2
Total		54	50	19	2	125

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