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Groulx

Provincial riding · Quebec

October 5, 2026 result

Marie-Claude Sarrazin (Parti Québécois) wins with 32.2% of the vote, 8.6 points ahead of Julie Tourangeau (QLP).

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Marie-Claude Sarrazin PQ 11,742 32.2%
Julie Tourangeau QLP 8,621 23.6%
Eric Girard CAQ 6,473 17.7%
Ariane Desrochers PCQ 5,284 14.5%
Marie-Noëlle Aubertin QS 4,052 11.1%
Samuel Beauchamp Other 333 0.9%

Preliminary results, 181 of 181 polls, retrieved October 6, 2026 · Turnout: 68.4% · Official source

Our forecast before the vote

We had the PQ favoured at 78% (forecast of October 4, 2026): the call held.

On the eve of the vote, the Polymarket market had Marie-Claude Sarrazin (PQ) winning at 81%: it got it right. Polymarket

PartyForecastResultGap
PQ 31.6% 32.2% +0.6
QLP 20.9% 23.6% +2.8
CAQ 18.2% 17.7% −0.5
PCQ 17.0% 14.5% −2.5
QS 11.3% 11.1% −0.2
Other 1.0% 0.9% −0.1

Next general election scheduled for October 7, 2030.

Advance voting · September 27 and 28

About 37% of votes were cast in advance

Registered electors who voted
25.2%
Rank 42 of 127
Quebec average
23.6%
Estimated share of votes already cast
≈ 37%
Quebec: about 36%
Compared with 2022
+4%
2022: 24.2% · Quebec: +12%

Compared with 2022, advance voting rose here less than across Quebec (increase ranked 95 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 (68.5%). See all 127 ridings

Compared with the average

PQ QLP CAQ PCQ
Groulx 31.6%20.9%18.2%17.0%
Provincial averageQuebec 28.7%+2.9 24.8%−3.9 13.9%+4.3 20.2%−3.2

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election (2022)

The CAQ won by 31.5 points, with 68.5% turnout.

Our current projection: the PQ ahead by 9.0 points.

Candidates and votes in 2022

Candidate Party Votes %
Eric Girard Elected CAQ 17,431 47.8
Marie-Noëlle Aubertin QS 5,919 16.2
Jeanne Craig-Larouche PQ 5,588 15.3
Audrey Medaino-Tardif QLP 4,024 11.0
Valerie Messore PCQ 3,177 8.7
Victoria Shahsavar-Arshad Other 368 1.0

Nearby ridings

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Forecast updated