| 1998 Quebec general election: Richelieu
|
| Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes |
% |
|
|
|
Parti Québécois |
Sylvain Simard |
17,745 |
56.31 |
+1.22
|
|
|
Liberal |
Gilles Ferlatte |
8,718 |
27.66 |
−12.22
|
|
|
Action démocratique |
Patrick Gauthier |
4,543 |
14.42
|
|
|
Independent |
Michel Groleau |
261 |
0.83 |
|
|
|
Socialist Democracy
|
Isabelle Latour
|
246
|
0.78
|
|
| Total valid votes
|
31,513
|
100.00
|
|
| Rejected and declined votes
|
689
|
|
|
| Turnout
|
32,202
|
80.99
|
−2.24
|
| Electors on the lists
|
39,762
|
|
|
|
|
Parti Québécois hold
|
Swing
|
+6.72
|
| Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
|
