| Quebec provincial by-election, November 17, 1980: Mégantic-Compton | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Fabien Bélanger | 9,259 | 46.95 | |||||
| Parti Québécois | Richard Labelle | 7,135 | 36.18 | |||||
| Union Nationale | Fernand A. Grenier | 3,162 | 16.04 | – | ||||
| United Social Credit | Jean-Paul Poulin | 163 | 0.83 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 19,719 | |||||||
| Rejected and declined votes | 144 | |||||||
| Turnout | 19,863 | 70.38 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 28,222 | |||||||
| Source: Official Results, Government of Quebec | ||||||||
