Quebec 2026 election · advance voting
Advance voting: turnout in all 127 ridings
On September 27 and 28, 23.6% of registered electors voted in advance. That is about 36% of expected votes already cast, a week before election day. The rate ranges from 38.4% in Louis-Hébert to 8.3% in Ungava.
These figures only count in-person advance voting on September 27 and 28. Other electors also vote before election day: at the returning officer's office, in seniors' residences, at home or outside their riding. In 2022, those other votes made up 5.7% of ballots. Adding them, the share of votes cast before October 5 should be around 42%.
By region
| Rate | Compared with 2022 | Estimated share of votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quebec City and Chaudière-Appalaches (18) | 29.9% | +12% | ≈ 40% |
| Rest of Quebec (76) | 24.0% | +12% | ≈ 36% |
| Montreal and Laval (33) | 19.0% | +13% | ≈ 32% |
Map of the 127 ridings
One tile per riding, coloured by the percentage of registered electors who voted in advance.
- Under 15%
- 15 to 20%
- 20 to 25%
- 25 to 30%
- 30% or more
Select a riding to see its detail.
Compared with 2022
In 2022, 21.1% of registered electors voted at the advance polls. This year it is 23.6%, an increase of 12%. The increase is about the same in all three large regions.
The largest increases: Ungava (+94%), Duplessis (+70%), Îles-de-la-Madeleine (+56%), D'Arcy-McGee (+51%), Lac-Saint-Jean (+27%). These are mostly ridings where very few people voted early in 2022: they are catching up with the average. The smallest: Mont-Royal–Outremont (−7%), Champlain (−3%), Marguerite-Bourgeoys (−1%), Chomedey (0%), Blainville (0%).
Comparison made on the 108 ridings whose boundaries changed little since 2022. The others show a dash in the tables.
What past elections tell us
Does a riding that votes early more or less than expected signal a change of member? We checked 2014 → 2018 (the CAQ wave) and 2018 → 2022, using Élections Québec's poll-by-poll results.
The finding: a stronger-than-expected advance vote mostly signalled higher overall turnout on election day. It did not signal a change of member, nor the size of the wave. In 2018, where the advance vote had been unusually strong, the CAQ actually gained a little less than elsewhere, at equal turnout. The advance vote tells you how many people vote, not for whom.
This year, the increase is somewhat smaller where the CAQ was strongest in 2022. That fits CAQ voters in less of a hurry to vote, but the link is weak, and age or the make-up of the ridings could explain it just as well.
What it means
Quebec City and Chaudière-Appalaches voted early far more than Montreal and Laval: about 40% of expected votes are already cast there, against about 32% in Montreal and Laval. The island's English- and allophone-majority ridings have the lowest rates.
The 30 ridings with the strongest advance vote are also those where our projection has the CAQ stronger on average (16.2% vs 9.0% in the 30 weakest) and the PLQ weaker (17.0% vs 38.9%). This is an association between places, not information about how people voted: the advance ballot is secret.
Reading the October 5 results
The higher the advance vote in a riding, the larger the share of its ballots cast before the campaign's last week. A late shift will therefore have less grip there than where nearly everything happens on election day.
Quebec City and Chaudière-Appalaches: all ridings
| Riding | Rate (registered) | Compared with 2022 | 2022 turnout | Estimated share of votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis-Hébert | 38.38% | +6% | 81.1% | ≈ 47% |
| Vanier-Les Rivières | 34.40% | +22% | 73.5% | ≈ 47% |
| Lévis | 33.96% | +16% | 73.7% | ≈ 46% |
| Chauveau | 33.65% | +5% | 75.7% | ≈ 44% |
| Chutes-de-la-Chaudière | 33.64% | +7% | 78.9% | ≈ 43% |
| Montmorency | 33.45% | +12% | 73.9% | ≈ 45% |
| Charlesbourg | 31.70% | +10% | 74.6% | ≈ 42% |
| La Peltrie | 31.40% | +13% | 73.7% | ≈ 43% |
| Portneuf | 30.46% | — | 73.3% | ≈ 42% |
| Jean-Lesage | 28.78% | +21% | 67.3% | ≈ 43% |
| Jean-Talon | 28.54% | +14% | 73.9% | ≈ 39% |
| Taschereau | 28.36% | +15% | 72.3% | ≈ 39% |
| Beauce-Sud | 27.78% | +9% | 75.9% | ≈ 37% |
| Bellechasse | 25.75% | +25% | 73.9% | ≈ 35% |
| Beauce-Nord | 25.43% | +10% | 77.0% | ≈ 33% |
| Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré | 24.16% | +7% | 70.2% | ≈ 34% |
| Côte-du-Sud | 23.39% | +20% | 68.5% | ≈ 34% |
| Lotbinière-Frontenac | 23.18% | +4% | 73.9% | ≈ 31% |
Rest of Quebec: all ridings
| Riding | Rate (registered) | Compared with 2022 | 2022 turnout | Estimated share of votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montarville | 30.61% | +24% | 78.5% | ≈ 39% |
| Joliette | 30.52% | +12% | 69.8% | ≈ 44% |
| Verchères | 30.47% | +18% | 75.3% | ≈ 40% |
| Richmond | 29.44% | — | 71.8% | ≈ 41% |
| La Prairie | 29.00% | +6% | 72.5% | ≈ 40% |
| Prévost | 28.98% | +4% | 69.4% | ≈ 42% |
| Orford | 28.54% | +21% | 71.2% | ≈ 40% |
| Bertrand | 28.35% | +10% | 64.8% | ≈ 44% |
| Chambly | 28.33% | +8% | 73.7% | ≈ 38% |
| Sanguinet | 28.29% | +15% | 69.8% | ≈ 41% |
| Arthabaska-L’Érable | 28.10% | +10% | 74.0% | ≈ 38% |
| Brome-Missisquoi | 27.37% | — | 68.0% | ≈ 40% |
| Vachon | 27.33% | +8% | 68.4% | ≈ 40% |
| Taillon | 27.25% | +10% | 67.7% | ≈ 40% |
| Saint-François | 26.95% | +7% | 69.5% | ≈ 39% |
| Repentigny | 26.88% | +17% | 73.2% | ≈ 37% |
| Sherbrooke | 26.86% | +14% | 70.8% | ≈ 38% |
| Richelieu | 26.83% | — | 68.2% | ≈ 39% |
| Borduas | 26.74% | +23% | 74.9% | ≈ 36% |
| Maskinongé | 26.57% | +9% | 70.6% | ≈ 38% |
| Beauharnois | 26.43% | — | 66.4% | ≈ 40% |
| Rimouski | 26.01% | +12% | 71.6% | ≈ 36% |
| Saint-Jean | 25.64% | +9% | 69.7% | ≈ 37% |
| Blainville | 25.41% | 0% | 72.1% | ≈ 35% |
| Groulx | 25.23% | +4% | 68.5% | ≈ 37% |
| Laviolette–Saint-Maurice | 25.21% | +13% | 64.0% | ≈ 39% |
| Mirabel | 25.21% | — | 69.0% | ≈ 37% |
| Terrebonne | 25.08% | +12% | 71.2% | ≈ 35% |
| Saint-Hyacinthe | 24.89% | +24% | 70.7% | ≈ 35% |
| Saint-Jérôme | 24.67% | — | 65.2% | ≈ 38% |
| Bellefeuille | 24.62% | — | 66.1% | ≈ 37% |
| L'Assomption | 24.50% | — | 70.6% | ≈ 35% |
| Berthier | 24.48% | — | 67.8% | ≈ 36% |
| Trois-Rivières | 24.46% | +3% | 68.7% | ≈ 36% |
| Masson | 24.39% | +11% | 71.2% | ≈ 34% |
| Labelle | 24.13% | +10% | 65.2% | ≈ 37% |
| Champlain | 23.90% | −3% | 71.0% | ≈ 34% |
| Rivière-du-Loup–Témiscouata–Les Basques | 23.71% | +23% | 68.9% | ≈ 34% |
| Gaspé | 23.61% | +16% | 61.0% | ≈ 39% |
| Les Plaines | 23.32% | — | 67.7% | ≈ 34% |
| Deux-Montagnes | 23.27% | +5% | 69.5% | ≈ 33% |
| Vaudreuil | 23.15% | +14% | 65.2% | ≈ 36% |
| Nicolet-Bécancour | 23.10% | +18% | 72.6% | ≈ 32% |
| Drummond–Bois-Francs | 22.80% | +10% | 69.7% | ≈ 33% |
| Roberval | 22.71% | +19% | 60.8% | ≈ 37% |
| Pierre-Laporte | 22.61% | +6% | 64.0% | ≈ 35% |
| Marie-Victorin | 22.55% | +8% | 61.6% | ≈ 37% |
| Rousseau | 22.49% | +10% | 61.5% | ≈ 37% |
| Iberville | 22.32% | +12% | 70.2% | ≈ 32% |
| Marie-Lacoste-Gérin-Lajoie | 22.23% | — | 68.8% | ≈ 32% |
| Granby | 22.08% | — | 68.1% | ≈ 32% |
| Mégantic | 21.95% | — | 70.5% | ≈ 31% |
| Chicoutimi | 21.67% | +6% | 68.7% | ≈ 32% |
| Argenteuil | 21.65% | — | 64.2% | ≈ 34% |
| Chapleau | 21.60% | — | 58.8% | ≈ 37% |
| Jonquière | 21.53% | +7% | 68.5% | ≈ 31% |
| Papineau | 21.45% | +15% | 59.4% | ≈ 36% |
| La Pinière | 21.42% | +14% | 59.9% | ≈ 36% |
| Soulanges | 21.39% | +5% | 67.3% | ≈ 32% |
| Abitibi-Est | 21.04% | +15% | 62.6% | ≈ 34% |
| Huntingdon | 20.81% | +13% | 64.3% | ≈ 32% |
| Gatineau | 20.75% | +11% | 58.8% | ≈ 35% |
| Dubuc | 20.56% | +13% | 65.0% | ≈ 32% |
| Hull | 20.35% | +6% | 58.0% | ≈ 35% |
| Matane-Matapédia-Mitis | 20.22% | +18% | 64.9% | ≈ 31% |
| Bonaventure | 19.54% | +3% | 62.8% | ≈ 31% |
| Îles-de-la-Madeleine | 19.39% | +56% | 75.7% | ≈ 26% |
| Châteauguay | 19.34% | +6% | 62.0% | ≈ 31% |
| Abitibi-Ouest | 18.92% | +18% | 63.7% | ≈ 30% |
| Lac-Saint-Jean | 18.75% | +27% | 67.2% | ≈ 28% |
| Duplessis | 18.24% | +70% | 53.2% | ≈ 34% |
| Daniel-Johnson | 18.23% | — | 68.3% | ≈ 27% |
| Pontiac | 17.83% | +15% | 53.5% | ≈ 33% |
| Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue | 16.80% | +8% | 64.9% | ≈ 26% |
| René-Lévesque | 16.17% | +12% | 59.9% | ≈ 27% |
| Ungava | 8.31% | +94% | 30.2% | ≈ 28% |
Montreal and Laval: all ridings
| Riding | Rate (registered) | Compared with 2022 | 2022 turnout | Estimated share of votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosemont | 26.28% | +11% | 68.2% | ≈ 39% |
| Gouin | 25.65% | +17% | 69.6% | ≈ 37% |
| Verdun | 25.21% | +13% | 64.5% | ≈ 39% |
| Pointe-aux-Trembles | 23.85% | +9% | 66.3% | ≈ 36% |
| Maurice-Richard | 23.20% | +11% | 68.4% | ≈ 34% |
| Mercier | 23.09% | +12% | 63.6% | ≈ 36% |
| Hochelaga-Maisonneuve | 23.00% | +20% | 62.6% | ≈ 37% |
| Jacques-Cartier | 22.52% | +22% | 63.2% | ≈ 36% |
| Mille-Îles | 22.15% | — | 66.9% | ≈ 33% |
| Camille-Laurin | 22.05% | +19% | 63.5% | ≈ 35% |
| Sainte-Rose | 21.56% | +3% | 67.6% | ≈ 32% |
| Anjou-Louis-Riel | 20.99% | +3% | 63.9% | ≈ 33% |
| Laurier-Dorion | 20.83% | +26% | 61.6% | ≈ 34% |
| Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne | 20.83% | +19% | 57.8% | ≈ 36% |
| Vimont-Auteuil | 20.40% | +3% | 70.0% | ≈ 29% |
| Marquette | 20.31% | +9% | 58.3% | ≈ 35% |
| LaFontaine | 20.03% | +19% | 62.3% | ≈ 32% |
| Sainte-Marie-Saint-Jacques | 19.13% | +6% | 56.2% | ≈ 34% |
| Nelligan | 19.12% | +15% | 58.8% | ≈ 33% |
| Laval-des-Rapides | 18.88% | +17% | 61.2% | ≈ 31% |
| Fabre | 18.63% | +3% | 62.5% | ≈ 30% |
| Robert-Baldwin | 17.01% | +25% | 55.8% | ≈ 30% |
| Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | 16.26% | +26% | 55.8% | ≈ 29% |
| Westmount–Saint-Louis | 15.72% | — | 45.0% | ≈ 35% |
| Mont-Royal–Outremont | 14.80% | −7% | 53.7% | ≈ 28% |
| Marguerite-Bourgeoys | 14.67% | −1% | 54.7% | ≈ 27% |
| D'Arcy-McGee | 14.04% | +51% | 47.5% | ≈ 30% |
| Viau | 13.98% | +4% | 54.0% | ≈ 26% |
| Chomedey | 13.95% | 0% | 54.5% | ≈ 26% |
| Saint-Laurent | 13.86% | +23% | 51.0% | ≈ 27% |
| Jeanne-Mance–Viger | 13.70% | +26% | 55.0% | ≈ 25% |
| Bourassa-Sauvé | 13.58% | +8% | 53.5% | ≈ 25% |
| Acadie | 12.52% | +14% | 53.5% | ≈ 23% |
Source: Élections Québec, preliminary advance-poll turnout rates, subject to revision. The rate is a percentage of registered electors. The estimated share of votes already cast divides that rate by the riding's 2022 turnout: if overall turnout rises this year, the real shares will be somewhat lower. Provincial and regional averages are weighted by registered electors. 2022 rates: Élections Québec poll-by-poll results, ballots cast at advance polls, carried over to the 2026 map; a dash marks a riding whose boundaries changed too much to compare. The data is in our open data