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Champlain

Provincial riding · Quebec

October 5, 2026 result

Adriana Szalontai (Conservative Party of Quebec) wins with 29.3% of the vote, 0.4 points ahead of René Branchaud (PQ).

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Adriana Szalontai PCQ 12,690 29.3%
René Branchaud PQ 12,499 28.9%
Marie-Eve Myrand CAQ 7,385 17.0%
Annie Pronovost QLP 6,514 15.0%
Katherine Heckersbruch QS 2,878 6.6%
Martine Ouellet Other 988 2.3%
Lionel Bonhomet Other 222 0.5%
Christine Dion Other 154 0.4%

Preliminary results, 191 of 191 polls, retrieved October 6, 2026 · Turnout: 72.4% · Official source

Our forecast before the vote

We had the Quebec Conservatives favoured at 48% (forecast of October 4, 2026): the call held.

PartyForecastResultGap
PCQ 28.0% 29.3% +1.3
PQ 27.3% 28.9% +1.6
CAQ 22.4% 17.0% −5.4
QLP 14.9% 15.0% +0.1
QS 6.9% 6.6% −0.2
Other 0.5% 3.1% +2.6

Next general election scheduled for October 7, 2030.

Advance voting · September 27 and 28

About 34% of votes were cast in advance

Registered electors who voted
23.9%
Rank 56 of 127
Quebec average
23.6%
Estimated share of votes already cast
≈ 34%
Quebec: about 36%
Compared with 2022
−3%
2022: 24.7% · Quebec: +12%

Compared with 2022, advance voting rose here less than across Quebec (increase ranked 107 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 (71.0%). See all 127 ridings

Compared with the average

PCQ PQ CAQ QLP
Champlain 28.0%27.3%22.4%14.9%
Provincial averageQuebec 20.2%+7.8 28.7%−1.5 13.9%+8.5 24.8%−9.8

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election (2022)

The CAQ won by 38.3 points, with 71.0% turnout.

Our current projection: the Quebec Conservatives ahead by 5.1 points.

Candidates and votes in 2022

Candidate Party Votes %
Sonia LeBel Elected CAQ 23,513 55.9
Steve Massicotte PCQ 7,383 17.5
Alexandre Litalien PQ 5,065 12.0
Marjolaine Trottier QS 3,775 9.0
Jérémy Leblanc QLP 2,138 5.1
Bianca Nancy Pinel Other 194 0.5

Nearby ridings

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Forecast updated