2007 Quebec general election

2007 Quebec general election

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125 seats in the 38th National Assembly of Quebec 63 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	71.23% (0.81%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jean Charest Mario Dumont André Boisclair Party Liberal Action démocratique Parti Québécois Leader since April 30, 1998 May 11, 1994 November 15, 2005 Leader's seat Sherbrooke Rivière-du-Loup Pointe-aux-Trembles Last election 76 seats, 45.99% 4 seats, 18.18% 45 seats, 33.24% Seats won 48 41 36 Seat change 28 37 9 Popular vote 1,313,664 1,224,412 1,125,546 Percentage 33.08% 30.84% 28.35% Swing 12.91% 12.63% 4.91%
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

The 2007 Quebec general election was held in the Canadian province of Quebec on March 26, 2007 to elect members of the 38th National Assembly of Quebec. The Quebec Liberal Party led by Premier Jean Charest won a plurality of seats, but were reduced to a minority government, Quebec's first in 129 years, since the 1878 general election. The Action démocratique du Québec, in a major breakthrough, became the official opposition. The Parti Québécois was relegated to third-party status for the first time since the 1973 election. The Liberals won their lowest share of the popular vote since Confederation, and the PQ with their 28.35% of the votes cast won their lowest share since 1973 and their second lowest ever (ahead of only the 23.06% attained in their initial election campaign in 1970).^[1] Each of the three major parties won nearly one-third of the popular vote, the closest three-way split (in terms of popular vote) in Quebec electoral history until the 2012 election. This was however, the closest three-way race in terms of seat count. Voter turnout among those eligible was 71.23%, a marginal difference from the previous general election in 2003.^[2][3]

This was the first time since the 1970s that a government was not returned for its second term with a majority.