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
Turnout71.23% (Increase0.81%)
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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 Decrease28 Increase37 Decrease9
Popular vote 1,313,664 1,224,412 1,125,546
Percentage 33.08% 30.84% 28.35%
Swing Decrease12.91% Increase12.63% Decrease4.91%

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

Seating plan following the election.

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.

  1. ^ La répartition des voix aux élections générales Archived February 2, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ LCN (March 27, 2007). "Un taux de participation de 71%". Archived from the original on March 31, 2007.
  3. ^ CTV News (March 27, 2007). "Que. Liberals win minority, ADQ forms opposition". CTV. Archived from the original on April 3, 2007.