2014 Quebec general election

2014 Quebec general election

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125 seats in the National Assembly of Quebec
63 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout71.43% (Decrease 3.17%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Philippe Couillard Pauline Marois
Party Liberal Parti Québécois
Leader since March 17, 2013 June 26, 2007
Leader's seat Roberval Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré (lost re-election)
Last election 50 seats, 31.20% 54 seats, 31.95%
Seats before 49 54
Seats won 70 30
Seat change Increase21 Decrease24
Popular vote 1,757,071 1,074,120
Percentage 41.52% 25.38%
Swing Increase10.32pp Decrease6.57pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader François Legault Françoise David and Andrés Fontecilla (as spokespeople)
Party Coalition Avenir Québec Québec solidaire
Leader since November 4, 2011 David: February 4, 2006
Fontecilla: May 5, 2013
Leader's seat L'Assomption David: Gouin
Fontecilla: Ran in Laurier-Dorion (lost)
Last election 19 seats, 27.05% 2 seats, 6.03%
Seats before 18 2
Seats won 22 3
Seat change Increase4 Increase1
Popular vote 975,607 323,124
Percentage 23.05% 7.63%
Swing Decrease4.00pp Increase1.60pp

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

Pauline Marois
Parti Québécois

Premier after election

Philippe Couillard
Liberal

The 2014 Quebec general election was held on April 7, 2014 to elect members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The incumbent Parti Québécois which had won a minority government in 2012 was defeated by the Quebec Liberal Party under Philippe Couillard who won a majority government of 70 seats, while the incumbent Parti Québécois finished second with 30 seats, becoming the first single-term government since Jean-Jacques Bertrand's Union Nationale government was defeated in 1970. Pauline Marois electoral defeat marked the shortest stay of any Quebec provincial government since the Canadian Confederation.[1] It marked the lowest seat total for the Parti Québécois since 1989 and its smallest share of the popular vote since its inaugural run in 1970, as Premier Pauline Marois lost her own riding. The Coalition Avenir Québec under François Legault made minor gains in terms of seats despite receiving a smaller share of the popular vote than in the previous election. Québec solidaire won an additional seat, though co-spokesperson Andrés Fontecilla failed to win his riding. This election saw the return of the Liberals to power 2 years after their defeat in 2012. To date this is the last election where the Liberal Party won a majority of seats in the Quebec Assembly.

  1. ^ "Don Macpherson: This is a spectacular failure for Pauline Marois". June 20, 2014. Archived from the original on June 20, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2022.