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Matane-Matapédia-Mitis

Provincial riding · Quebec

October 5, 2026 result

Pascal Bérubé (Parti Québécois) wins with 67.8% of the vote, 54.6 points ahead of Patrice Caron (PCQ).

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Pascal Bérubé PQ 19,801 67.8%
Patrice Caron PCQ 3,867 13.3%
André Côté QLP 1,974 6.8%
Henry Maclaren CAQ 1,927 6.6%
Gabriel Plante QS 1,347 4.6%
Alexandre Mari0 Br0s Cossette Other 174 0.6%
Michel Lefrancois Other 103 0.3%

Preliminary results, 158 of 158 polls, retrieved October 6, 2026 · Turnout: 63.4% · Official source

Our forecast before the vote

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

PartyForecastResultGap
PQ 68.3% 67.8% −0.4
PCQ 13.0% 13.3% +0.2
QLP 6.7% 6.8% +0.1
CAQ 8.8% 6.6% −2.2
QS 2.8% 4.6% +1.8

Next general election scheduled for October 7, 2030.

Advance voting · September 27 and 28

About 31% of votes were cast in advance

Registered electors who voted
20.2%
Rank 99 of 127
Quebec average
23.6%
Estimated share of votes already cast
≈ 31%
Quebec: about 36%
Compared with 2022
+18%
2022: 17.1% · Quebec: +12%

Compared with 2022, advance voting rose here more than across Quebec (increase ranked 28 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 (64.9%). See all 127 ridings

Compared with the average

PQ PCQ CAQ QLP
Matane-Matapédia-Mitis 68.3%13.0%8.8%6.7%
Provincial averageQuebec 28.7%+39.5 20.2%−7.2 13.9%−5.1 24.8%−18.1

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election (2022)

The PQ won by 50.1 points, with 64.9% turnout.

Our current projection: the PQ ahead by 54.5 points.

Candidates and votes in 2022

Candidate Party Votes %
Pascal Bérubé Elected PQ 20,057 67.4
Jean-Sébastien Barriault CAQ 5,163 17.4
Alexandre Leblanc PCQ 2,316 7.8
Marie-Phare Boucher QS 1,450 4.9
Harley Ryan Lounsbury QLP 637 2.1
Madeleine Rose Other 123 0.4

Nearby ridings

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Forecast updated