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Quebec general election, 2007

Quebec general election, 2007
Quebec
2003 ←
March 26, 2007 → 2008
outgoing members ←

125 seats in the 38th National Assembly of Quebec
63 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout 71.23%
  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 Decrease28 Increase37 Decrease9
Popular vote 1,313,664 1,224,412 1,125,546
Percentage 33.08% 30.84% 28.35%
Swing Decrease12.91% Increase12.63% Decrease4.91%

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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.

Premier before election

Jean Charest
Liberal

Premier-designate

Jean Charest
Liberal


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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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