Sherbrooke
Provincial riding · Quebec
October 5, 2026 result
Stéphanie Vachon (Québec solidaire) wins with 27.2% of the vote, 1.3 points ahead of Pierre Cossette (QLP).
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stéphanie Vachon | QS | 10,096 | 27.2% |
| Pierre Cossette | QLP | 9,615 | 25.9% |
| Gabriel Pallotta | PQ | 8,924 | 24.0% |
| Fadéla Hamou | CAQ | 4,055 | 10.9% |
| Jonathan Brault | PCQ | 3,824 | 10.3% |
| Jean-Michel Bérard | Other | 231 | 0.6% |
| Pierre-Luc Garon | Other | 137 | 0.4% |
| Patrick Thouin | Other | 132 | 0.4% |
| Léo Boivin | Other | 93 | 0.3% |
| Luc Lainé | Other | 62 | 0.2% |
Our forecast before the vote
We had the PQ favoured at 56% (forecast of October 4, 2026): Québec solidaire won instead.
| Party | Forecast | Result | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| QS | 29.7% | 27.2% | −2.5 |
| QLP | 14.6% | 25.9% | +11.3 |
| PQ | 30.9% | 24.0% | −6.9 |
| CAQ | 9.9% | 10.9% | +1.0 |
| PCQ | 13.7% | 10.3% | −3.4 |
| Other | 1.2% | 1.8% | +0.6 |
Next general election scheduled for October 7, 2030.
Advance voting · September 27 and 28
About 38% of votes were cast in advance
- Registered electors who voted
- 26.9% Rank 30 of 127
- Quebec average
- 23.6%
- Estimated share of votes already cast
- ≈ 38% Quebec: about 36%
- Compared with 2022
- +14% 2022: 23.6% · Quebec: +12%
Compared with 2022, advance voting rose here about as much as across Quebec.
Preliminary data from Élections Québec, subject to revision. The estimated share divides the rate by the riding's 2022 turnout (70.8%). See all 127 ridings
Compared with the average
| PQ | QS | QLP | PCQ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherbrooke | 30.9% | 29.7% | 14.6% | 13.7% |
| Provincial averageQuebec | 28.7%+2.2 | 10.9%+18.8 | 24.8%−10.2 | 20.2%−6.5 |
Simple average of the 127 ridings, not weighted by population.
Projection track
How the projection has moved
Previous election (2022)
Québec solidaire won by 6.7 points, with 70.8% turnout.
Our current projection: the PQ ahead by 6.7 points.
Candidates and votes in 2022
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christine Labrie Elected | QS | 15,548 | 41.9 |
| Caroline St-Hilaire | CAQ | 13,076 | 35.2 |
| Yves Bérubé-Lauzière | PQ | 3,373 | 9.1 |
| Zoée St-Amand | PCQ | 2,501 | 6.7 |
| François Vaes | QLP | 2,166 | 5.8 |
| Victoria Karny | Other | 204 | 0.5 |
| Raphaëlle Dompierre | Other | 113 | 0.3 |
| Alain Barbier | Other | 69 | 0.2 |
| Alexandre Asselin | Other | 48 | 0.1 |
Nearby ridings
Party ahead and how sure the projection is.
- Orford QLP, competitive
- Richmond PQ, competitive
- Saint-François PQ, toss-up
- Drummond–Bois-Francs PQ, toss-up
- Daniel-Johnson PCQ, toss-up
- Marie-Lacoste-Gérin-Lajoie PCQ, toss-up
- Forecast updated