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Arthabaska-L’Érable

Provincial riding · Quebec

October 5, 2026 result

Tarek Henoud (Conservative Party of Quebec) wins with 40.5% of the vote, 7.8 points ahead of Alex Boissonneault (PQ).

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tarek Henoud PCQ 18,432 40.5%
Alex Boissonneault PQ 14,880 32.7%
Keven Brasseur CAQ 6,047 13.3%
Thomas Guérette QLP 3,431 7.5%
Stéphanie Poirier QS 2,293 5.0%
Jonathan Croteau Other 296 0.7%
Carol Filion Other 80 0.2%

Preliminary results, 194 of 194 polls, retrieved October 6, 2026 · Turnout: 74.4% · Official source

Our forecast before the vote

We had the Quebec Conservatives favoured at 88% (forecast of October 4, 2026): the call held.

PartyForecastResultGap
PCQ 37.8% 40.5% +2.7
PQ 27.9% 32.7% +4.8
CAQ 17.8% 13.3% −4.5
QLP 11.9% 7.5% −4.4
QS 4.1% 5.0% +0.9

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
28.1%
Rank 23 of 127
Quebec average
23.6%
Estimated share of votes already cast
≈ 38%
Quebec: about 36%
Compared with 2022
+10%
2022: 25.5% · 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 (74.0%). See all 127 ridings

Compared with the average

PCQ PQ CAQ QLP
Arthabaska-L’Érable 37.8%27.9%17.8%11.9%
Provincial averageQuebec 20.2%+17.6 28.7%−0.8 13.9%+3.8 24.8%−12.8

Simple average of the 127 ridings, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election (2022)

The CAQ won by 27.2 points, with 74.0% turnout.

Our current projection: the Quebec Conservatives ahead by 10.7 points.

Candidates and votes in 2022

Candidate Party Votes %
Eric Lefebvre Elected CAQ 23,447 51.8
Tarek Henoud PCQ 11,187 24.7
Mario Beauchesne PQ 4,538 10.0
Pascale Fortin QS 4,179 9.2
Luciana Arantes QLP 1,702 3.8
Trystan Martel Other 256 0.6

Nearby ridings

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Forecast updated