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Vachon

Provincial riding · Quebec

October 5, 2026 result

Affine Lwalalika (Quebec Liberal Party) wins with 27.5% of the vote, 0.0 points ahead of Stephan Fogaing (PQ).

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Affine Lwalalika QLP 10,064 27.5%
Stephan Fogaing PQ 10,050 27.5%
Ian Lafrenière CAQ 7,614 20.8%
Martine Boucher PCQ 4,762 13.0%
Magdouda Oudjit QS 3,807 10.4%
Martine Lajoie Other 262 0.7%

Preliminary results, 178 of 178 polls, retrieved October 6, 2026 · Turnout: 68.4% · Official source

Our forecast before the vote

We had the Quebec Liberals favoured at 47% (forecast of October 4, 2026): the call held.

PartyForecastResultGap
QLP 27.1% 27.5% +0.4
PQ 26.5% 27.5% +0.9
CAQ 17.8% 20.8% +3.0
PCQ 17.6% 13.0% −4.6
QS 9.7% 10.4% +0.7
Other 1.2% 0.7% −0.5

Next general election scheduled for October 7, 2030.

Advance voting · September 27 and 28

About 40% of votes were cast in advance

Registered electors who voted
27.3%
Rank 26 of 127
Quebec average
23.6%
Estimated share of votes already cast
≈ 40%
Quebec: about 36%
Compared with 2022
+8%
2022: 25.4% · 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 (68.4%). See all 127 ridings

Compared with the average

QLP PQ CAQ PCQ
Vachon 27.1%26.5%17.8%17.6%
Provincial averageQuebec 24.8%+2.3 28.7%−2.2 13.9%+3.9 20.2%−2.6

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election (2022)

The CAQ won by 28.8 points, with 68.4% turnout.

Our current projection: the Quebec Liberals ahead by 7.1 points.

Candidates and votes in 2022

Candidate Party Votes %
Ian Lafrenière Elected CAQ 15,984 44.9
Yves Mbattang QLP 5,718 16.1
Jean-Philippe Samson QS 5,343 15.0
Adam Wrzesien PQ 4,757 13.4
Martine Boucher PCQ 3,166 8.9
Juan Carlos Nino Caita Other 404 1.1
Jean-Pierre Lacombe Other 217 0.6

Nearby ridings

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Forecast updated