Quebec general election, 2007
Quebec general election, 2007
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125 seats in the 38th National Assembly of Quebec
63 seats were needed for a majority |
Turnout |
71.23% |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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Leader |
Jean Charest |
Mario Dumont |
André Boisclair |
Party |
Liberal |
Action démocratique |
Parti Québécois |
Leader since |
April 30, 1998 |
1994 |
November 15, 2005 |
Leader's seat |
Sherbrooke |
Rivière-du-Loup |
Pointe-aux-Trembles |
Last election |
76 seats, 45.99% |
4 seats, 18.18% |
45 seats, 33.24% |
Seats won |
48 |
41 |
36 |
Seat change |
28 |
37 |
9 |
Popular vote |
1,313,664 |
1,224,412 |
1,125,546 |
Percentage |
33.08% |
30.84% |
28.35% |
Swing |
12.91% |
12.63% |
4.91% |
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Map of Quebec's ridings coloured in to indicate ridings won by each party and their popular vote. PLQ (red): 48 seats; ADQ (blue): 41 seats; PQ (cyan): 36 seats. |
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Jean Charest
Liberal
Jean Charest
Liberal
The Quebec general election of 2007 was held in the Canadian province of Quebec on March 26, 2007 to elect members of the 38th National Assembly of Quebec. The Quebec Liberal Party led by Jean Charest managed to win a plurality of seats, but were reduced to a minority government, Quebec's first in 129 years, since the 1878 general election. The Action démocratique du Québec, in a major breakthrough, became the official opposition. The Parti Québécois was relegated to third-party status for the first time since the 1973 election. The Liberals won their lowest share of the popular vote since Confederation, and the PQ with their 28.35% of the votes cast won their lowest share since 1973 and their second lowest ever (ahead of only the 23.06% attained in their initial election campaign in 1970). Each of the three major parties won nearly one-third of the popular vote, the closest three-way split in Quebec electoral history until the 2012 election. Voter turnout among those eligible was 71.23%, a marginal difference from the previous general election in 2003.
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