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B.C. votes in 9 days

Pierre-Laporte

Provincial riding · Quebec

October 5, 2026 result

David Bowles (Quebec Liberal Party) wins with 42.9% of the vote, 21.1 points ahead of Anne-Sophie Maguire Armand (PQ).

CandidatePartyVotesShare
David Bowles QLP 14,535 42.9%
Anne-Sophie Maguire Armand PQ 7,370 21.8%
Claude Lefrançois QS 5,003 14.8%
Mélanie Martin CAQ 3,160 9.3%
Mi Jie PCQ 3,099 9.2%
Yahia Ghzala Other 311 0.9%
Michael Douris Other 197 0.6%
Stéphane Bilodeau Other 168 0.5%
Florent Portron Other 43 0.1%

Preliminary results, 162 of 162 polls, retrieved October 6, 2026 · Turnout: 64.5% · Official source

Our forecast before the vote

We had the Quebec Liberals favoured at 76% (forecast of October 4, 2026): the call held.

PartyForecastResultGap
QLP 32.3% 42.9% +10.6
PQ 17.8% 21.8% +4.0
QS 8.1% 14.8% +6.6
CAQ 21.5% 9.3% −12.1
PCQ 18.1% 9.2% −9.0
Other 2.2% 2.1% −0.1

Next general election scheduled for October 7, 2030.

Advance voting · September 27 and 28

About 35% of votes were cast in advance

Registered electors who voted
22.6%
Rank 71 of 127
Quebec average
23.6%
Estimated share of votes already cast
≈ 35%
Quebec: about 36%
Compared with 2022
+6%
2022: 21.3% · Quebec: +12%

Compared with 2022, advance voting rose here less than across Quebec (increase ranked 86 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 (64.0%). See all 127 ridings

Compared with the average

QLP CAQ PCQ PQ
Pierre-Laporte 32.3%21.5%18.1%17.8%
Provincial averageQuebec 24.8%+7.5 13.9%+7.5 20.2%−2.1 28.7%−11.0

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election (2022)

The CAQ won by 1.9 points, with 64.0% turnout.

Our current projection: the Quebec Liberals ahead by 10.1 points.

Candidates and votes in 2022

Candidate Party Votes %
Isabelle Poulet Elected CAQ 10,361 30.8
Mathieu Gratton QLP 9,707 28.8
Claude Lefrançois QS 5,968 17.7
Soledad Orihuela-Bouchard PQ 4,108 12.2
Evelyne Latreille PCQ 2,488 7.4
Jean-Philippe Charest Other 497 1.5
Herby Fremont Other 445 1.3
Ian Parent Other 113 0.3

Nearby ridings

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Forecast updated