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Berthier

Provincial riding · Quebec

October 5, 2026 result

Elsie Lefebvre (Parti Québécois) wins with 43.5% of the vote, 21.7 points ahead of Steve Piché (PCQ).

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Elsie Lefebvre PQ 15,640 43.5%
Steve Piché PCQ 7,817 21.7%
Alex Gagné CAQ 5,476 15.2%
Amélie Drainville QS 3,253 9.0%
Louis-Victor Sylvestre QLP 3,183 8.8%
Isabelle Lamothe Other 227 0.6%
Jean-Pierre Lacombe Other 220 0.6%
Louis Jr Simard Other 177 0.5%

Preliminary results, 172 of 172 polls, retrieved October 6, 2026 · Turnout: 67.9% · Official source

Our forecast before the vote

We had the PQ favoured at 98% (forecast of October 4, 2026): the call held.

PartyForecastResultGap
PQ 41.0% 43.5% +2.5
PCQ 19.4% 21.7% +2.4
CAQ 18.1% 15.2% −2.9
QS 10.4% 9.0% −1.4
QLP 10.6% 8.8% −1.7
Other 0.5% 1.7% +1.2

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
24.5%
Rank 51 of 127
Quebec average
23.6%
Estimated share of votes already cast
≈ 36%
Quebec: about 36%

Berthier's boundaries changed too much since 2022 to compare rates.

Preliminary data from Élections Québec, subject to revision. The estimated share divides the rate by the riding's 2022 turnout (67.8%). See all 127 ridings

Compared with the average

PQ PCQ CAQ QLP
Berthier 41.0%19.4%18.2%10.6%
Provincial averageQuebec 28.7%+12.2 20.2%−0.8 13.9%+4.2 24.8%−14.2

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election (2022)

The CAQ won by 30.2 points, with 67.9% turnout.

Our current projection: the PQ ahead by 18.3 points.

Candidates and votes in 2022

Candidate Party Votes %
Caroline Proulx Elected CAQ 21,256 51.0
Julie Boucher PQ 8,682 20.8
Amélie Drainville QS 5,877 14.1
Benoit Primeau PCQ 4,585 11.0
Hassan Abdallah QLP 1,064 2.6
Claire Aubin Other 242 0.6

Nearby ridings

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Forecast updated