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Rousseau

Provincial riding · Quebec

October 5, 2026 result

Mathieu Lebrun (Parti Québécois) wins with 44.1% of the vote, 16.1 points ahead of Marie-Ève Boucher (PCQ).

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mathieu Lebrun PQ 13,634 44.1%
Marie-Ève Boucher PCQ 8,645 27.9%
Louis-Charles Thouin CAQ 3,932 12.7%
Sashmir Sidney QLP 2,513 8.1%
Hind Rihani QS 2,211 7.2%

Preliminary results, 153 of 153 polls, retrieved October 6, 2026 · Turnout: 64.1% · Official source

Our forecast before the vote

We had the PQ favoured at 90% (forecast of October 4, 2026): the call held.

PartyForecastResultGap
PQ 36.3% 44.1% +7.8
PCQ 22.9% 27.9% +5.0
CAQ 17.9% 12.7% −5.2
QLP 12.2% 8.1% −4.1
QS 9.5% 7.2% −2.4
Other 1.2% 0.0% −1.2

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
22.5%
Rank 74 of 127
Quebec average
23.6%
Estimated share of votes already cast
≈ 37%
Quebec: about 36%
Compared with 2022
+10%
2022: 20.4% · 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 (61.5%). See all 127 ridings

Compared with the average

PQ PCQ CAQ QLP
Rousseau 36.3%22.9%17.9%12.2%
Provincial averageQuebec 28.7%+7.5 20.2%+2.7 13.9%+3.9 24.8%−12.6

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election (2022)

The CAQ won by 32.7 points, with 61.5% turnout.

Our current projection: the PQ ahead by 12.3 points.

Candidates and votes in 2022

Candidate Party Votes %
Louis-Charles Thouin Elected CAQ 14,117 50.6
Pierre Vanier PQ 4,985 17.9
Gisèle Desroches PCQ 4,180 15.0
Ernesto Castro Roch QS 3,667 13.1
Estelle Regina Lokrou QLP 963 3.5

Nearby ridings

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Forecast updated