A gaffe by Quebec's immigration minister increased turnout in Montreal Island and other urban centres, significantly trimming the CAQ's seat count, MainStResearch's quito_maggi and StevePinkus1 argue.
Coalition Avenir Quebec Leader François Legault thanks supporters and candidates during his victory speech on Oct. 3, 2022, in Quebec City. a Quebec election unlike any before it
.” In some ways, it was. The Conservative Party of Quebec received 13 per cent of the vote on Monday and received zero seats, as expected. The Parti Québécois was reduced to just three seats from the 10 it had going into the election, which was down from the 30 it held in 2014. Below the surface, however, the PQ did quite well, coming in second in 46 ridings.
The Coalition Avenir Québec, of course, extended its majority to 90 seats from the 74 it received in 2018, as expected, and increased its vote share to just below 41 per cent. This was still a massive majority for the CAQ, just not as massive as we expected.. We surveyed the many thousands of people who had told us they planned to vote in advance to see if they had voted and how. That survey suggested the CAQ had received 50.
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