Bellechasse
Provincial riding · Quebec · Quebec City
October 5, 2026 result
Éric Duhaime (Conservative Party of Quebec) wins with 63.8% of the vote, 48.8 points ahead of Jérôme Couture (PQ).
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Éric Duhaime | PCQ | 22,525 | 63.8% |
| Jérôme Couture | PQ | 5,304 | 15.0% |
| Stéphanie Lachance | CAQ | 3,300 | 9.3% |
| Richard Garon | QLP | 2,621 | 7.4% |
| Raphaël Bédard | QS | 1,447 | 4.1% |
| Jean-Pierre Hamel | Other | 84 | 0.2% |
Our forecast before the vote
We had the Quebec Conservatives favoured at 99% (forecast of October 4, 2026): the call held.
| Party | Forecast | Result | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCQ | 49.8% | 63.8% | +14.0 |
| PQ | 16.2% | 15.0% | −1.1 |
| CAQ | 18.7% | 9.3% | −9.4 |
| QLP | 10.5% | 7.4% | −3.1 |
| QS | 4.2% | 4.1% | −0.1 |
Next general election scheduled for October 7, 2030.
Advance voting · September 27 and 28
About 35% of votes were cast in advance
- Registered electors who voted
- 25.8% Rank 37 of 127
- Quebec average
- 23.6%
- Estimated share of votes already cast
- ≈ 35% Quebec: about 36%
- Compared with 2022
- +25% 2022: 20.6% · Quebec: +12%
Compared with 2022, advance voting rose here more than across Quebec (increase ranked 9 of 108 comparable ridings). In past elections, a stronger-than-expected rise mostly signalled higher 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 (73.9%). See all 127 ridings
Compared with the average
| PCQ | CAQ | PQ | QLP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellechasse | 49.8% | 18.7% | 16.2% | 10.5% |
| Provincial averageQuebec | 20.2%+29.6 | 13.9%+4.8 | 28.7%−12.6 | 24.8%−14.3 |
Simple average of the 127 ridings, not weighted by population.
Projection track
How the projection has moved
Previous election (2022)
The CAQ won by 10.5 points, with 73.9% turnout.
Our current projection: the Quebec Conservatives ahead by 28.3 points.
Candidates and votes in 2022
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stéphanie Lachance Elected | CAQ | 15,065 | 45.7 |
| Michel Tardif | PCQ | 11,612 | 35.3 |
| Jean-Daniel Fontaine | PQ | 2,908 | 8.8 |
| Jérôme D'Auteuil Sirois | QS | 1,988 | 6.0 |
| François Bégin | QLP | 1,360 | 4.1 |
Nearby ridings
Party ahead and how sure the projection is.
- Beauce-Nord PCQ, safe seat
- Beauce-Sud PCQ, safe seat
- Lévis PCQ, competitive
- Chutes-de-la-Chaudière PCQ, competitive
- Taschereau PQ, competitive
- Jean-Lesage QS, toss-up
- Forecast updated