2012 Quebec general election

2012 Quebec general election
September 4, 2012
125 seats in the National Assembly of Quebec
63 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout74.60% (17.17%)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Pauline Marois Jean Charest
Party Parti Québécois Liberal
Leader since June 26, 2007 April 30, 1998
Leader's seat Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré Sherbrooke (lost re-election)
Last election 51 seats, 35.17% 66 seats, 42.08%
Seats before 47 64
Seats won 54 50
Seat change 7 14
Popular vote 1,393,703 1,360,968
Percentage 31.95% 31.20%
Swing 3.22pp 10.88pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader François Legault Françoise David & Amir Khadir (as spokespeople)
Party Coalition Avenir Québec Québec solidaire
Leader since November 4, 2011 February 4, 2006
Leader's seat L'Assomption David: Gouin
Khadir: Mercier
Last election 7 seats, 16.37%1 1 seat, 3.78%
Seats before 9 1
Seats won 19 2
Seat change 10 1
Popular vote 1,180,235 263,111
Percentage 27.05% 6.03%
Swing 10.68pp1 2.25pp
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details.
Premier before election

Jean Charest
Liberal

Premier after election

Pauline Marois
Parti Québécois

The 2012 Quebec general election took place in the Canadian province of Quebec on September 4, 2012. Lieutenant Governor Pierre Duchesne dissolved the National Assembly on August 1, 2012, following Premier Jean Charest's request. The Parti Québécois were elected to a minority government, with Pauline Marois becoming the first woman to be Premier of Quebec. The Quebec Liberal Party took second place, with Premier Jean Charest losing his seat. The newly formed party Coalition Avenir Québec led by François Legault took third place, while Québec solidaire took 2 seats out of the 125.

During Marois' victory speech, an attack including gunshots and a fire occurred at the Métropolis concert hall housing the event and a forty-year-old man died as a result of gunshot wounds.

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