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Pontiac

Provincial riding · Quebec

October 5, 2026 result

André Fortin (Quebec Liberal Party) wins with 61.1% of the vote, 49.8 points ahead of Osmar Llanos Martinez (PCQ).

CandidatePartyVotesShare
André Fortin QLP 18,263 61.1%
Osmar Llanos Martinez PCQ 3,368 11.3%
Marcela Cazas PQ 3,271 10.9%
Bianca Baldo QS 2,937 9.8%
Mariana Mefleh CAQ 1,660 5.5%
William Twolan Other 402 1.3%

Preliminary results, 185 of 185 polls, retrieved October 6, 2026 · Turnout: 53.5% · Official source

Our forecast before the vote

We had the Quebec Liberals favoured at 100% (forecast of October 4, 2026): the call held.

PartyForecastResultGap
QLP 58.5% 61.1% +2.6
PCQ 16.9% 11.3% −5.6
PQ 8.3% 10.9% +2.6
QS 4.0% 9.8% +5.9
CAQ 7.5% 5.5% −2.0
Other 4.8% 1.3% −3.5

Next general election scheduled for October 7, 2030.

Advance voting · September 27 and 28

About 33% of votes were cast in advance

Registered electors who voted
17.8%
Rank 112 of 127
Quebec average
23.6%
Estimated share of votes already cast
≈ 33%
Quebec: about 36%
Compared with 2022
+15%
2022: 15.5% · 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 (53.5%). See all 127 ridings

Compared with the average

QLP PCQ PQ CAQ
Pontiac 58.5%16.9%8.3%7.5%
Provincial averageQuebec 24.8%+33.7 20.2%−3.3 28.7%−20.4 13.9%−6.4

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election (2022)

The Quebec Liberals won by 19.0 points, with 53.5% turnout.

Our current projection: the Quebec Liberals ahead by 41.4 points.

Candidates and votes in 2022

Candidate Party Votes %
André Fortin Elected QLP 12,477 43.7
Corinne Canuel-Jolicoeur CAQ 7,056 24.7
Terrence Watters PCQ 3,118 10.9
Mike Owen Sebagenzi QS 2,935 10.3
Jolaine Paradis-Châteauneuf PQ 1,887 6.6
Pierre Cyr Other 616 2.2
William Twolan Other 475 1.7

Nearby ridings

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Forecast updated