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Sanguinet

Provincial riding · Quebec

October 5, 2026 result

Alain Therrien (Parti Québécois) wins with 41.6% of the vote, 22.5 points ahead of Pinou Thong (QLP).

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Alain Therrien PQ 13,331 41.6%
Pinou Thong QLP 6,110 19.1%
Serge Benoit PCQ 5,008 15.6%
Jean Lacroix CAQ 4,590 14.3%
Virginie Bernier QS 2,877 9.0%
Maxime Fournier Other 137 0.4%

Preliminary results, 138 of 138 polls, retrieved October 6, 2026 · Turnout: 71.5% · Official source

Our forecast before the vote

We had the PQ favoured at 81% (forecast of October 4, 2026): the call held.

PartyForecastResultGap
PQ 32.7% 41.6% +8.9
QLP 19.0% 19.1% +0.1
PCQ 19.8% 15.6% −4.2
CAQ 18.8% 14.3% −4.5
QS 8.9% 9.0% +0.1

Next general election scheduled for October 7, 2030.

Advance voting · September 27 and 28

About 41% of votes were cast in advance

Registered electors who voted
28.3%
Rank 22 of 127
Quebec average
23.6%
Estimated share of votes already cast
≈ 41%
Quebec: about 36%
Compared with 2022
+15%
2022: 24.7% · 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 (69.8%). See all 127 ridings

Compared with the average

PQ PCQ QLP CAQ
Sanguinet 32.7%19.8%19.0%18.8%
Provincial averageQuebec 28.7%+4.0 20.2%−0.4 24.8%−5.8 13.9%+4.9

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election (2022)

The CAQ won by 32.5 points, with 69.8% turnout.

Our current projection: the PQ ahead by 9.4 points.

Candidates and votes in 2022

Candidate Party Votes %
Christine Fréchette Elected CAQ 14,607 48.8
Daphnée Paquin-Auger PQ 4,882 16.3
Virginie Bernier QS 3,925 13.1
François Gibeault PCQ 3,164 10.6
Rodrigue Asatsop QLP 2,952 9.9
Halimatou Bah Other 325 1.1
Martine Lajoie Other 58 0.2
Hélène Héroux Other 31 0.1

Nearby ridings

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Forecast updated