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La Pinière

Provincial riding · Quebec

October 5, 2026 result

Linda Caron (Quebec Liberal Party) wins with 50.3% of the vote, 36.0 points ahead of Sarah Plante (PQ).

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Linda Caron QLP 17,062 50.3%
Sarah Plante PQ 4,830 14.2%
Tzarevna Bratkova PCQ 4,198 12.4%
Jacinthe Chapleau QS 3,814 11.2%
Clément Mireault CAQ 3,267 9.6%
Tina Jiuru Zhu Other 538 1.6%
Emilia Farcutiu Other 245 0.7%

Preliminary results, 172 of 172 polls, retrieved October 6, 2026 · Turnout: 58.3% · Official source

Our forecast before the vote

We had the Quebec Liberals favoured at 100% (forecast of October 4, 2026): the call held.

PartyForecastResultGap
QLP 53.5% 50.3% −3.2
PQ 11.1% 14.2% +3.1
PCQ 18.2% 12.4% −5.9
QS 4.1% 11.2% +7.2
CAQ 11.1% 9.6% −1.5
Other 2.0% 2.3% +0.3

Next general election scheduled for October 7, 2030.

Advance voting · September 27 and 28

About 36% of votes were cast in advance

Registered electors who voted
21.4%
Rank 87 of 127
Quebec average
23.6%
Estimated share of votes already cast
≈ 36%
Quebec: about 36%
Compared with 2022
+14%
2022: 18.8% · 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 (59.9%). See all 127 ridings

Compared with the average

QLP PCQ CAQ PQ
La Pinière 53.5%18.2%11.1%11.1%
Provincial averageQuebec 24.8%+28.7 20.2%−2.0 13.9%−2.8 28.7%−17.6

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election (2022)

The Quebec Liberals won by 7.3 points, with 59.9% turnout.

Our current projection: the Quebec Liberals ahead by 33.8 points.

Candidates and votes in 2022

Candidate Party Votes %
Linda Caron Elected QLP 12,688 38.5
Samuel Gatien CAQ 10,272 31.2
Tzarevna Bratkova PCQ 3,345 10.1
Jean-Claude Mugaba QS 3,301 10.0
Suzanne Gagnon PQ 2,577 7.8
Ryan Akshay Newbergher Other 396 1.2
Donna Pinel Other 371 1.1

Nearby ridings

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Forecast updated