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Soulanges

Provincial riding · Quebec

October 5, 2026 result

Olivier Bertin-Mahieux (Quebec Liberal Party) wins with 35.7% of the vote, 10.4 points ahead of Francis Deroo (PQ).

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Olivier Bertin-Mahieux QLP 14,273 35.7%
Francis Deroo PQ 10,123 25.3%
Kristian Solarik PCQ 7,067 17.7%
Marilyne Picard CAQ 5,527 13.8%
Florian Martin QS 2,406 6.0%
Joseph Cianflone Other 485 1.2%
Jules Briand Other 136 0.3%

Preliminary results, 176 of 176 polls, retrieved October 6, 2026 · Turnout: 68.8% · Official source

Our forecast before the vote

We had the Quebec Liberals favoured at 83% (forecast of October 4, 2026): the call held.

PartyForecastResultGap
QLP 34.7% 35.7% +1.0
PQ 19.4% 25.3% +5.9
PCQ 21.1% 17.7% −3.4
CAQ 16.9% 13.8% −3.1
QS 6.4% 6.0% −0.4
Other 1.5% 1.6% +0.1

Next general election scheduled for October 7, 2030.

Advance voting · September 27 and 28

About 32% of votes were cast in advance

Registered electors who voted
21.4%
Rank 88 of 127
Quebec average
23.6%
Estimated share of votes already cast
≈ 32%
Quebec: about 36%
Compared with 2022
+5%
2022: 20.4% · Quebec: +12%

Compared with 2022, advance voting rose here less than across Quebec (increase ranked 93 of 108 comparable ridings). In past elections, a weaker-than-expected rise mostly signalled lower overall turnout, not a winner.

Preliminary data from Élections Québec, subject to revision. The estimated share divides the rate by the riding's 2022 turnout (67.3%). See all 127 ridings

Compared with the average

QLP PCQ PQ CAQ
Soulanges 34.7%21.1%19.4%17.0%
Provincial averageQuebec 24.8%+9.9 20.2%+0.9 28.7%−9.3 13.9%+3.0

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election (2022)

The CAQ won by 20.3 points, with 67.3% turnout.

Our current projection: the Quebec Liberals ahead by 11.6 points.

Candidates and votes in 2022

Candidate Party Votes %
Marilyne Picard Elected CAQ 17,114 42.4
Catherine St-Amour QLP 8,761 21.7
Éloïse Coulombe PCQ 5,006 12.4
Sophie Samson QS 4,353 10.8
Samuel Patenaude PQ 4,124 10.2
Kristian Solarik Other 795 2.0
Other candidates 248 0.6

Nearby ridings

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Forecast updated