2008 Quebec general election

The 2008 Quebec general election was held in the Canadian province of Quebec on December 8, 2008. The Quebec Liberal Party, under incumbent Premier Jean Charest, was re-elected with a majority government, marking the first time since the 1950s (when the Union Nationale of Maurice Duplessis won four consecutive elections) that a party or leader was elected to a third consecutive mandate, and the first time for the Liberals since the 1930s, when Louis-Alexandre Taschereau was Premier.

2008 Quebec general election

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125 seats in the National Assembly of Quebec
63 seats needed for a majority
Turnout57.43% (Decrease13.8%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Jean Charest Pauline Marois
Party Liberal Parti Québécois
Leader since April 30, 1998 June 26, 2007
Leader's seat Sherbrooke Charlevoix
Last election 48 seats, 33.08% 36 seats, 28.35%
Seats won 66 51
Seat change Increase18 Increase15
Popular vote 1,366,046 1,139,185
Percentage 42.08% 35.17%
Swing Increase9.00% Increase6.82%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Mario Dumont Françoise David and Amir Khadir (as spokespeople)
Party Action démocratique Québec solidaire
Leader since May 11, 1994 February 4, 2006
Leader's seat Rivière-du-Loup David: Ran in Gouin (lost) Khadir: Mercier
Last election 41 seats, 30.84% 0 seats, 3.64%
Seats won 7 1
Seat change Decrease34 Increase1
Popular vote 529,925 123,061
Percentage 16.37% 3.78%
Swing Decrease14.47% Increase0.14%

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

Jean Charest
Liberal

Seating plan following the election.

The 2008 election also marked the first time that Québec solidaire won a seat.

Issues

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Charest called the election on November 5, saying he needed a "clear mandate" and a majority to handle the economic storm. He was criticized, however, by the Parti Québécois and the Action démocratique du Québec for calling a snap election to get a majority when they were willing to work with him to fix the economy.[1]

Most notably, the election was marked by a significant collapse in support for the ADQ. Formerly a relatively minor party, the ADQ had attracted significant protest support in the 2007 election, beating the Parti Québécois to Official Opposition status. In 2008, however, the party's support dropped back to approximately 15 per cent of the popular vote, roughly the same range of support the party attracted before 2007. As a result of this loss of support, Mario Dumont announced in his concession speech that he would step down as party leader.[2]

In the final days of the election campaign, the concurrent parliamentary confidence dispute became an issue, with Prime Minister Stephen Harper attacking the credibility of a potential Liberal-New Democratic Party coalition government because the Bloc Québécois had pledged to support the coalition on motions of confidence. Both Marois and Dumont called upon Charest, a former leader of the federal Progressive Conservatives, to clarify where he stood on the coalition and on Harper's use of anti-sovereigntist rhetoric in the dispute.[3] Charest emphasized that the Bloc MPs had been legitimately elected by Quebecers, and stated that "I live in a society in which people can be sovereigntists or federalists, but they respect each other. The same thing should prevail in the federal parliament."[4]

Media analysts noted that while Charest's Liberals won a majority, the final result was much narrower in both the popular vote and the seat total than polls even just a few days before the election had predicted, because the Liberals only won an eight-seat majority, a result which was widely credited to a late voter swing toward the PQ as a result of Harper's comments.[5]

Timeline

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2007

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2008

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Opinion polls

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Evolution of voting intentions for the 2008 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 ADQ PQ GPQ QS Other
Angus Reid Strategies December 5, 2008

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Léger Marketing December 4, 2008

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CROP December 3, 2008

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Léger Marketing November 23, 2008

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46 12 34 4 4 0
CROP November 23, 2008

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Nanos Research November 22, 2008

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44 12 36 4 4 1
Léger Marketing November 19, 2008

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44 15 33 4 4 0
CROP November 13, 2008

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42 15 31 7 4 1
Environics November 12, 2008

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45 14 39 1 1 0
Léger Marketing November 10, 2008

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41 14 35 4 4 2
Léger Marketing October 27, 2008

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CROP October 27, 2008

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CROP September 28, 2008

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CROP August 24, 2008

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CROP June 23, 2008

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Léger Marketing June 15, 2008

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CROP May 26, 2008

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CROP April 27, 2008

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Léger Marketing April 20, 2008

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CROP March 26, 2008

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CROP February 24, 2008

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CROP January 27, 2008

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Léger Marketing January 17, 2008

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CROP December 2, 2007

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Léger Marketing November 4, 2007

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CROP October 28, 2007

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CROP September 23, 2007

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Léger Marketing September 8, 2007

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CROP August 26, 2007

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CROP June 25, 2007

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CROP June 3, 2007

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CROP May 28, 2007

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Léger Marketing May 26, 2007

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CROP April 29, 2007

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Léger Marketing March 29, 2007

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Last election March 26, 2007

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33.1% 30.8% 28.4% 3.9% 3.6% 0.2%

Campaign slogans

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  • Action démocratique du Québec: Donnez-vous le pouvoir ("Give yourselves the power")
  • Parti libéral du Québec: L'économie d'abord OUI ("The economy first YES")
  • Parti québécois: Québec gagnant avec Pauline ("Quebec is a winner with Pauline")
  • Parti vert du Québec : Votons pour l'avenir ("Let's vote for the future")
  • Québec solidaire : Pour un système de santé public / Pour des salaires décents / Pour une souveraineté solidaire / Pour une économie verte et locale / Pour Éole Québec ("For a public health system" / "For decent incomes" / "For an independence in solidarity" / "For a green and local economy" / "For Wind Québec" [Éole Québec is a play on the state-run Hydro-Québec power utility, and refers to the nationalization of the wind energy industry])

Incumbent MNAs not running for re-election

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Liberals

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Péquistes

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Results

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The overall results were:[6]

Summary of the December 8, 2008 National Assembly of Quebec election results
Party Party leader Candi-
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Seats Popular vote
2007 Dissol. 2008 Change % # % Change
Liberal Jean Charest 125 48 48 66 +18 52.80% 1,366,046 42.08% +9.00%
Parti Québécois Pauline Marois 125 36 36 51 +15 40.80% 1,141,751 35.17% +6.82%
Action démocratique Mario Dumont 125 41 39 7 -34 5.60% 531,358 16.37% -14.47%
Québec solidaire Françoise David
Amir Khadir
122 - - 1 +1 0.80% 122,618 3.78% +0.14%
Green Guy Rainville 80 - - - - - 70,393 2.17% -1.68%
Parti indépendantiste Éric Tremblay 19 * - - * - 4,227 0.13% *
Marxist–Leninist Pierre Chénier 23 - - - - - 2,727 0.08% +0.03%
  Durable Sébastien Girard 1 * - - * - 567 0.02% *
  Republic of Quebec Gilles Paquette 1 * - - * - 140 <0.01% *
  Independents 30 - - - - - 6,506 0.20% +0.09%
  Vacant 2  
Total 651 125 125 125 - 100% 3,246,333 100%
Notes:
"Change" refers to change from previous election.
The party designated David and Khadir as co-spokespeople; the de jure leader recognized by the Directeur général des éléctions was Benoît Renaud.
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
Vote share
PLQ
42.08%
PQ
35.17%
ADQ
16.37%
QS
3.78%
Green
2.17%
Others
0.44%
Seats
PLQ
52.80%
PQ
40.80%
ADQ
5.60%
QS
0.80%

Synopsis of results

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Results by riding - 2008 Quebec general election[7][8][9]
Riding Winning party Turnout
[a 1]
Votes[a 2]
Name 2007 1st place Votes Share Margin
#
Margin
%
2nd place 3rd place PLQ PQ ADQ QS PVQ Ind Other Total
 
Abitibi-Est PQ PLQ 8,942 45.74% 515 2.63% PQ ADQ 58.73% 8,942 8,427 1,742 438 19,549
Abitibi-Ouest PQ PQ 10,597 57.32% 5,280 28.56% PLQ ADQ 57.06% 5,317 10,597 2,198 375 18,487
Acadie PLQ PLQ 15,145 67.16% 10,427 46.24% PQ ADQ 46.91% 15,145 4,718 982 958 747 22,550
Anjou PLQ PLQ 13,082 50.44% 4,152 16.01% PQ ADQ 58.88% 13,082 8,930 2,252 944 727 25,935
Argenteuil PLQ PLQ 10,843 49.58% 3,490 15.96% PQ ADQ 54.17% 10,843 7,353 2,457 456 760 21,869
Arthabaska ADQ PLQ 13,304 42.55% 4,510 14.43% PQ ADQ 63.96% 13,304 8,794 7,777 697 693 31,265
Beauce-Nord ADQ ADQ 12,633 49.92% 3,021 11.94% PLQ PQ 63.86% 9,612 2,297 12,633 264 384 117 25,307
Beauce-Sud ADQ PLQ 12,108 43.62% 570 2.05% ADQ PQ 59.99% 12,108 2,947 11,538 315 536 311 27,755
Beauharnois PQ PQ 12,349 47.15% 3,538 13.51% PLQ ADQ 61.00% 8,811 12,349 3,311 681 570 467 26,189
Bellechasse ADQ PLQ 10,530 47.66% 2,932 13.27% ADQ PQ 64.35% 10,530 3,450 7,598 518 22,096
Berthier ADQ PQ 13,776 42.50% 5,341 16.48% PLQ ADQ 60.43% 8,435 13,776 8,358 934 911 32,414
Bertrand PQ PQ 15,263 49.12% 4,636 14.92% PLQ ADQ 58.04% 10,627 15,263 3,496 851 834 31,071
Blainville ADQ PQ 13,989 40.52% 2,772 8.03% PLQ ADQ 60.91% 11,217 13,989 7,571 789 954 34,520
Bonaventure PLQ PLQ 10,707 64.23% 5,863 35.17% PQ ADQ 58.02% 10,707 4,844 586 533 16,670
Borduas PQ PQ 13,329 47.66% 4,204 15.03% PLQ ADQ 65.87% 9,125 13,329 3,430 966 904 214 27,968
Bourassa-Sauvé PLQ PLQ 13,950 61.33% 7,839 34.46% PQ ADQ 47.68% 13,950 6,111 1,947 738 22,746
Bourget PQ PQ 13,007 50.19% 5,023 19.38% PLQ ADQ 55.56% 7,984 13,007 2,677 1,180 939 127 25,914
Brome-Missisquoi PLQ PLQ 15,006 49.24% 6,681 21.92% PQ ADQ 60.39% 15,006 8,325 5,073 884 1,012 173 30,473
Chambly ADQ PQ 16,049 40.01% 1,564 3.90% PLQ ADQ 66.62% 14,485 16,049 6,455 1,167 1,200 758 40,114
Champlain ADQ PQ 12,317 40.98% 2,024 6.73% PLQ ADQ 64.38% 10,293 12,317 6,582 654 211 30,057
Chapleau PLQ PLQ 13,968 54.71% 7,408 29.01% PQ ADQ 47.96% 13,968 6,560 3,194 609 1,032 118 51 25,532
Charlesbourg ADQ PLQ 14,196 42.36% 4,382 13.08% ADQ PQ 65.79% 14,196 8,449 9,814 1,053 33,512
Charlevoix PQ PQ 10,510 52.21% 4,269 21.21% PLQ ADQ 61.01% 6,241 10,510 2,560 343 325 150 20,129
Châteauguay PLQ PLQ 13,637 41.49% 495 1.51% PQ ADQ 58.26% 13,637 13,142 4,091 703 967 327 32,867
Chauveau ADQ ADQ 14,029 42.75% 2,605 7.94% PLQ PQ 61.63% 11,424 6,559 14,029 801 32,813
Chicoutimi PQ PQ 13,400 45.96% 1,282 4.40% PLQ ADQ 63.71% 12,118 13,400 2,465 1,174 29,157
Chomedey PLQ PLQ 16,702 66.12% 11,392 45.10% PQ ADQ 45.21% 16,702 5,310 1,936 556 625 133 25,262
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière ADQ ADQ 15,536 44.77% 4,879 14.06% PLQ PQ 67.16% 10,657 7,437 15,536 1,070 34,700
Crémazie PQ PQ 12,972 45.13% 1,412 4.91% PLQ ADQ 62.29% 11,560 12,972 1,808 1,627 776 28,743
D'Arcy-McGee PLQ PLQ 14,087 88.75% 13,421 84.55% PVQ PQ 38.89% 14,087 564 292 264 666 15,873
Deux-Montagnes ADQ PQ 11,961 43.14% 2,981 10.75% PLQ ADQ 61.03% 8,980 11,961 4,986 632 1,168 27,727
Drummond ADQ PQ 11,581 34.40% 615 1.83% PLQ ADQ 59.30% 10,966 11,581 9,826 1,293 33,666
Dubuc PQ PLQ 9,695 42.78% 424 1.87% PQ ADQ 60.65% 9,695 9,271 2,789 708 199 22,662
Duplessis PQ PQ 9,622 52.35% 3,322 18.07% PLQ ADQ 50.26% 6,300 9,622 1,535 469 454 18,380
Fabre PLQ PLQ 15,349 45.50% 2,924 8.67% PQ ADQ 57.08% 15,349 12,425 4,024 918 1,021 33,737
Frontenac PLQ PLQ 11,785 56.71% 6,933 33.36% PQ ADQ 63.58% 11,785 4,852 3,539 423 183 20,782
Gaspé PQ PLQ 8,947 56.25% 2,662 16.74% PQ ADQ 58.17% 8,947 6,285 499 175 15,906
Gatineau PLQ PLQ 14,566 59.80% 7,399 30.38% PQ ADQ 49.48% 14,566 7,167 2,318 306 24,357
Gouin PQ PQ 10,276 41.18% 2,329 9.33% QS PLQ 58.03% 4,972 10,276 895 7,947 753 110 24,953
Groulx ADQ PQ 11,226 37.62% 403 1.35% PLQ ADQ 61.33% 10,823 11,226 6,036 701 955 102 29,843
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve PQ PQ 10,530 54.31% 6,415 33.08% PLQ QS 47.82% 4,115 10,530 1,303 2,508 817 117 19,390
Hull PLQ PLQ 11,651 51.27% 4,110 18.09% PQ QS 47.72% 11,651 7,541 1,309 1,994 231 22,726
Huntingdon ADQ PLQ 11,329 44.33% 4,305 16.84% PQ ADQ 57.81% 11,329 7,024 6,431 774 25,558
Iberville ADQ PQ 11,698 41.28% 2,623 9.26% PLQ ADQ 61.62% 9,075 11,698 6,085 605 876 28,339
Îles-de-la-Madeleine PQ PLQ 3,510 49.85% 316 4.49% PQ PVQ 66.35% 3,510 3,194 121 87 129 7,041
Jacques-Cartier PLQ PLQ 20,433 80.85% 18,536 73.35% PVQ PQ 52.77% 20,433 1,522 969 364 1,897 87 25,272
Jean-Lesage ADQ PLQ 11,674 41.68% 4,203 15.01% PQ ADQ 58.60% 11,674 7,471 7,307 1,238 316 28,006
Jean-Talon PLQ PLQ 13,853 49.71% 4,861 17.44% PQ ADQ 69.07% 13,853 8,992 2,546 1,409 1,065 27,865
Jeanne-Mance-Viger PLQ PLQ 16,433 73.05% 13,054 58.03% PQ ADQ 46.95% 16,433 3,379 1,726 554 281 124 22,497
Johnson ADQ PQ 10,973 40.21% 2,502 9.17% PLQ ADQ 63.02% 8,471 10,973 6,297 634 914 27,289
Joliette ADQ PQ 14,666 46.09% 5,491 17.26% PLQ ADQ 62.60% 9,175 14,666 6,185 1,549 246 31,821
Jonquière PQ PQ 13,077 47.68% 2,710 9.88% PLQ ADQ 62.52% 10,367 13,077 2,913 1,068 27,425
Kamouraska-Témiscouata PLQ PLQ 11,048 53.70% 6,612 32.14% ADQ PQ 60.55% 11,048 4,351 4,436 604 134 20,573
Labelle PQ PQ 13,255 53.50% 6,078 24.53% PLQ ADQ 55.01% 7,177 13,255 2,837 755 752 24,776
Lac-Saint-Jean PQ PQ 14,536 55.62% 6,711 25.68% PLQ ADQ 63.20% 7,825 14,536 2,764 527 483 26,135
LaFontaine PLQ PLQ 14,021 69.76% 10,181 50.65% PQ ADQ 51.16% 14,021 3,840 1,306 383 549 20,099
La Peltrie ADQ ADQ 13,461 39.17% 436 1.27% PLQ PQ 65.36% 13,025 6,988 13,461 888 34,362
La Pinière PLQ PLQ 17,480 61.44% 10,434 36.67% PQ ADQ 52.17% 17,480 7,046 2,822 971 131 28,450
Laporte PLQ PLQ 12,823 48.97% 4,048 15.46% PQ ADQ 58.05% 12,823 8,775 2,472 954 1,162 26,186
La Prairie ADQ PQ 16,382 44.83% 2,704 7.40% PLQ ADQ 63.62% 13,678 16,382 5,178 760 392 150 36,540
L'Assomption ADQ PQ 15,438 42.77% 4,090 11.33% PLQ ADQ 63.21% 11,348 15,438 6,938 1,090 940 341 36,095
Laurier-Dorion PLQ PLQ 9,769 42.90% 2,069 9.09% PQ QS 49.16% 9,769 7,700 943 2,963 1,090 86 219 22,770
Laval-des-Rapides PLQ PLQ 11,757 44.07% 1,365 5.12% PQ ADQ 55.11% 11,757 10,392 2,722 766 683 112 246 26,678
Laviolette PLQ PLQ 11,667 59.06% 6,224 31.51% PQ ADQ 58.72% 11,667 5,443 2,127 517 19,754
Lévis ADQ PLQ 12,646 38.65% 1,447 4.42% ADQ PQ 64.13% 12,646 7,438 11,199 1,438 32,721
Lotbinière ADQ ADQ 9,659 43.98% 2,082 9.48% PLQ PQ 65.01% 7,577 4,238 9,659 488 21,962
Louis-Hébert PLQ PLQ 17,650 48.85% 7,137 19.75% PQ ADQ 70.35% 17,650 10,513 5,872 1,031 1,068 36,134
Marguerite-Bourgeoys PLQ PLQ 14,490 66.19% 9,740 44.49% PQ ADQ 48.09% 14,490 4,750 1,899 752 21,891
Marguerite-D'Youville ADQ PQ 14,533 39.75% 1,414 3.87% PLQ ADQ 71.39% 13,119 14,533 6,750 1,064 1,097 36,563
Marie-Victorin PQ PQ 11,026 51.56% 4,841 22.64% PLQ ADQ 53.29% 6,185 11,026 2,369 957 665 182 21,384
Marquette PLQ PLQ 13,471 56.21% 7,020 29.29% PQ ADQ 49.09% 13,471 6,451 2,062 588 1,308 86 23,966
Maskinongé ADQ PLQ 13,429 42.25% 2,441 7.68% PQ ADQ 64.25% 13,429 10,988 6,259 708 397 31,781
Masson ADQ PQ 18,037 50.68% 9,863 27.71% PLQ ADQ 57.10% 8,174 18,037 7,466 716 948 251 35,592
Matane PQ PQ 9,589 58.01% 4,086 24.72% PLQ ADQ 59.60% 5,503 9,589 1,117 320 16,529
Matapédia PQ PQ 8,802 51.89% 2,980 17.57% PLQ ADQ 57.49% 5,822 8,802 1,942 398 16,964
Mégantic-Compton PLQ PLQ 9,204 45.09% 2,034 9.97% PQ ADQ 60.70% 9,204 7,170 3,268 769 20,411
Mercier PQ QS 8,597 37.89% 810 3.57% PQ PLQ 56.02% 4,842 7,787 565 8,597 818 83 22,692
Mille-Îles PLQ PLQ 15,628 46.76% 3,456 10.34% PQ ADQ 60.66% 15,628 12,172 3,585 901 905 230 33,421
Mirabel ADQ PQ 13,700 47.41% 6,493 22.47% PLQ ADQ 58.65% 7,207 13,700 6,522 621 847 28,897
Montmagny-L'Islet ADQ PLQ 10,027 51.78% 4,395 22.69% ADQ PQ 61.28% 10,027 3,058 5,632 293 356 19,366
Montmorency ADQ PLQ 12,536 36.53% 1,101 3.21% ADQ PQ 64.48% 12,536 8,788 11,435 711 690 153 34,313
Mont-Royal PLQ PLQ 12,234 76.32% 10,378 64.74% PQ PVQ 38.79% 12,234 1,856 557 577 737 69 16,030
Nelligan PLQ PLQ 18,251 72.19% 14,595 57.73% PQ PVQ 47.04% 18,251 3,656 1,434 379 1,562 25,282
Nicolet-Yamaska ADQ PQ 8,131 35.24% 175 0.76% PLQ ADQ 67.38% 7,956 8,131 6,044 940 23,071
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce PLQ PLQ 11,475 67.97% 9,045 53.57% PVQ PQ 43.02% 11,475 2,307 483 2,430 64 124 16,883
Orford PLQ PLQ 14,709 43.40% 2,193 6.47% PQ ADQ 61.65% 14,709 12,516 4,516 1,128 1,026 33,895
Outremont PLQ PLQ 10,569 54.21% 5,649 28.97% PQ QS 48.49% 10,569 4,920 577 2,228 1,204 19,498
Papineau PLQ PLQ 13,786 51.10% 5,112 18.95% PQ ADQ 48.94% 13,786 8,674 2,825 805 795 92 26,977
Pointe-aux-Trembles PQ PQ 12,851 56.87% 7,271 32.17% PLQ ADQ 56.66% 5,580 12,851 2,535 664 733 159 77 22,599
Pontiac PLQ PLQ 12,960 66.10% 9,409 47.99% PQ ADQ 41.37% 12,960 3,551 1,225 809 940 123 19,608
Portneuf ADQ PLQ 11,205 39.63% 1,706 6.03% ADQ PQ 63.63% 11,205 6,631 9,499 938 28,273
Prévost ADQ PQ 14,946 44.34% 5,224 15.50% PLQ ADQ 57.74% 9,722 14,946 7,057 1,079 902 33,706
René-Lévesque PQ PQ 10,748 58.43% 5,866 31.89% PLQ ADQ 54.43% 4,882 10,748 2,250 516 18,396
Richelieu PQ PQ 11,591 46.99% 3,039 12.32% PLQ ADQ 61.75% 8,552 11,591 3,126 705 693 24,667
Richmond PLQ PLQ 11,658 51.50% 5,123 22.63% PQ ADQ 63.02% 11,658 6,535 3,682 760 22,635
Rimouski PQ PQ 12,973 48.45% 3,549 13.26% PLQ ADQ 62.08% 9,424 12,973 3,410 967 26,774
Rivière-du-Loup ADQ ADQ 11,115 51.77% 5,320 24.78% PLQ PQ 63.98% 5,795 3,048 11,115 400 513 597 21,468
Robert-Baldwin PLQ PLQ 17,078 81.07% 15,476 73.47% PQ PVQ 41.52% 17,078 1,602 877 375 1,059 74 21,065
Roberval PQ PQ 12,522 46.42% 1,825 6.77% PLQ ADQ 60.63% 10,697 12,522 2,630 561 567 26,977
Rosemont PQ PQ 15,220 50.66% 5,663 18.85% PLQ QS 58.67% 9,557 15,220 1,891 2,470 816 88 30,042
Rousseau PQ PQ 16,513 56.77% 10,019 34.45% PLQ ADQ 54.02% 6,494 16,513 4,774 709 595 29,085
Rouyn-Noranda-Témiscamingue PQ PLQ 10,358 42.30% 1,754 7.16% PQ ADQ 57.56% 10,358 8,604 4,111 1,413 24,486
Sainte-Marie-Saint-Jacques PQ PQ 9,236 46.62% 3,646 18.40% PLQ QS 47.24% 5,590 9,236 796 3,051 1,062 76 19,811
Saint-François PLQ PLQ 13,172 46.68% 1,346 4.77% PQ ADQ 62.56% 13,172 11,826 2,240 769 210 28,217
Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne PLQ PLQ 10,552 45.85% 2,017 8.76% PQ QS 44.76% 10,552 8,535 1,326 1,471 985 146 23,015
Saint-Hyacinthe ADQ PQ 11,822 38.07% 213 0.69% PLQ ADQ 63.44% 11,609 11,822 5,693 956 975 31,055
Saint-Jean ADQ PQ 13,534 39.20% 914 2.65% PLQ ADQ 62.01% 12,620 13,534 6,263 767 1,035 118 189 34,526
Saint-Laurent PLQ PLQ 15,663 74.39% 12,158 57.74% PQ ADQ 40.89% 15,663 3,505 1,009 731 147 21,055
Saint-Maurice ADQ PQ 8,835 41.41% 653 3.06% PLQ ADQ 59.50% 8,182 8,835 3,161 432 449 279 21,338
Shefford ADQ ADQ 11,271 34.63% 70 0.22% PLQ PQ 58.88% 11,201 8,019 11,271 1,085 789 181 32,546
Sherbrooke PLQ PLQ 13,694 45.24% 2,314 7.64% PQ ADQ 62.61% 13,694 11,380 2,074 1,948 1,016 158 30,270
Soulanges PLQ PLQ 11,561 46.29% 2,332 9.34% PQ ADQ 59.14% 11,561 9,229 2,992 459 736 24,977
Taillon PQ PQ 15,031 46.35% 4,340 13.38% PLQ ADQ 58.63% 10,691 15,031 3,889 1,374 1,094 349 32,428
Taschereau PQ PQ 11,768 44.22% 3,923 14.74% PLQ ADQ 56.96% 7,845 11,768 3,563 2,241 1,048 149 26,614
Terrebonne ADQ PQ 15,475 45.22% 6,061 17.71% PLQ ADQ 60.47% 9,414 15,475 7,381 892 1,056 34,218
Trois-Rivières ADQ PLQ 9,129 40.10% 960 4.22% PQ ADQ 60.46% 9,129 8,169 4,241 714 515 22,768
Ungava PQ PQ 4,119 47.30% 1,104 12.68% PLQ ADQ 36.09% 3,015 4,119 918 439 218 8,709
Vachon PQ PQ 13,312 48.64% 4,477 16.36% PLQ ADQ 61.48% 8,835 13,312 3,742 613 866 27,368
Vanier ADQ PLQ 13,077 38.31% 469 1.37% ADQ PQ 62.20% 13,077 7,521 12,608 932 34,138
Vaudreuil PLQ PLQ 15,827 54.02% 7,026 23.98% PQ ADQ 57.33% 15,827 8,801 2,599 543 1,086 305 140 29,301
Verchères PQ PQ 15,664 55.42% 9,200 32.55% PLQ ADQ 64.59% 6,464 15,664 4,377 749 845 164 28,263
Verdun PLQ PLQ 11,223 47.70% 2,909 12.36% PQ ADQ 50.62% 11,223 8,314 1,411 1,215 1,087 277 23,527
Viau PLQ PLQ 10,705 58.60% 5,922 32.42% PQ ADQ 44.52% 10,705 4,783 1,186 915 678 18,267
Vimont PLQ PLQ 16,217 47.78% 3,960 11.67% PQ ADQ 60.35% 16,217 12,257 3,932 1,537 33,943
Westmount-Saint-Louis PLQ PLQ 11,108 75.17% 9,581 64.83% PQ PVQ 36.81% 11,108 1,527 434 615 1,094 14,778
  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.
  = 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

Seats that changed hands

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Elections to the National Assembly – seats won/lost by party, 2007–2008
Party 2007 Gain from (loss to) 2008
PLQ PQ ADQ QS
Liberal 48 5 13 66
Parti Québécois 36 (5) 21 (1) 51
Action démocratique 41 (13) (21) 7
Québec solidaire 1 1
Total 125 (18) 6 (21) 34 (1) 125

Summary analysis

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Party candidates in 2nd place[7]
Party in 1st place Party in 2nd place Total
Lib PQ ADQ QS PVQ
Liberal 54 9 3 66
Parti Québécois 50 1 51
Action démocratique 7 7
Québec solidaire 1 1
Total 57 55 9 1 3 125
Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party[7]
Parties 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
 Liberal 66 57 2
 Parti Québécois 51 55 19
 Action démocratique 7 9 92 11 6
 Québec solidaire 1 1 7 73 39
 Green 3 5 37 35
 Independent 1 10
 Marxist–Leninist 1 3
 Parti indépendantiste 1 2
 Parti durable 1


Resulting composition of the National Assembly (2008)[9]
Source Party
Lib PQ ADQ QS Total
Seats retained Incumbents returned 43 27 6 76
Open seats held - new MNAs 5 2 1 8
Open seats held - previous MNA returned 1 1
Seats changing hands Incumbents defeated - new MNAs 9 18 1 28
Incumbents defeated - previous MNAs returned 6 3 9
Open seats gained 3 3
Total 66 51 7 1 125

See also

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References

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  1. ^ CBC News (November 5, 2008). "Quebec premier seeks 'clear mandate' in calling Dec. 8 election". CBC.
  2. ^ Lianne Elliott (December 9, 2008). "Dumont to step down after ADQ defeat". CBC News. Retrieved December 9, 2008.
  3. ^ "Quebec politicians unimpressed by Harper speech to Canadians". Canadian Press. December 3, 2008. Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved December 3, 2008.
  4. ^ Charest warns against Quebec-bashing in Parliament crisis, CBC News.
  5. ^ "This has been a great year for Jean Charest" Archived November 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, The Gazette, December 17, 2008.
  6. ^ "Résultats officiels par parti politique pour l'ensemble des circonscriptions". Directeur général des élections du Québec. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
  7. ^ a b c Drouilly, Pierre (December 4, 2017). "Élections québécoises de 2008" [2008 Quebec elections]. donneesquebec.ca (in French). Atlas des élections au Québec.
  8. ^ "Les membres de l'Assemblée nationale par circonscription" [National Assembly members by riding] (in French). National Assembly of Quebec. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Les résultats électoraux depuis 1867" [Electoral results since 1867] (in French). National Assembly of Quebec. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
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