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Borduas

Provincial riding · Quebec

October 5, 2026 result

Cédric Gagnon-Ducharme (Parti Québécois) wins with 35.3% of the vote, 11.7 points ahead of Simon Jolin-Barrette (CAQ).

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Cédric Gagnon-Ducharme PQ 15,950 35.3%
Simon Jolin-Barrette CAQ 10,647 23.6%
Xavier Mercier QLP 7,088 15.7%
Frederic Phaneuf PCQ 6,330 14.0%
Audrey Mc Nicoll QS 4,786 10.6%
Thomas Thibault-Vincent Other 376 0.8%

Preliminary results, 178 of 178 polls, retrieved October 6, 2026 · Turnout: 77.8% · Official source

Our forecast before the vote

We had the PQ favoured at 97% (forecast of October 4, 2026): the call held.

PartyForecastResultGap
PQ 39.4% 35.3% −4.1
CAQ 18.0% 23.6% +5.6
QLP 14.6% 15.7% +1.1
PCQ 16.2% 14.0% −2.2
QS 11.3% 10.6% −0.7

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
26.7%
Rank 32 of 127
Quebec average
23.6%
Estimated share of votes already cast
≈ 36%
Quebec: about 36%
Compared with 2022
+23%
2022: 21.8% · Quebec: +12%

Compared with 2022, advance voting rose here more than across Quebec (increase ranked 13 of 108 comparable ridings). In past elections, a stronger-than-expected rise mostly signalled higher 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 (74.9%). See all 127 ridings

Compared with the average

PQ CAQ PCQ QLP
Borduas 39.4%18.0%16.2%14.6%
Provincial averageQuebec 28.7%+10.7 13.9%+4.0 20.2%−4.0 24.8%−10.2

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election (2022)

The CAQ won by 31.8 points, with 74.9% turnout.

Our current projection: the PQ ahead by 17.4 points.

Candidates and votes in 2022

Candidate Party Votes %
Simon Jolin-Barrette Elected CAQ 22,760 51.2
Paule Laprise PQ 8,646 19.5
Benoît Landry QS 6,726 15.1
Jean-Félix Racicot PCQ 3,357 7.6
Eribert Charles QLP 2,326 5.2
Thomas Thibault-Vincent Other 463 1.0
Marcel Thibodeau Other 93 0.2
Stephen Gauthier Other 58 0.1

Nearby ridings

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Forecast updated