2014 Quebec general election

2014 Quebec general election

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125 seats in the National Assembly of Quebec 63 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	71.43% ( 3.17%)
Majority party Minority party   Leader Philippe Couillard Pauline Marois Party Liberal Parti Québécois Leader since March 17, 2013 June 26, 2007 Leader's seat Roberval Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré (lost re-election) Last election 50 seats, 31.20% 54 seats, 31.95% Seats before 49 54 Seats won 70 30 Seat change 21 24 Popular vote 1,757,071 1,074,120 Percentage 41.52% 25.38% Swing 10.32pp 6.57pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader François Legault Françoise David and Andrés Fontecilla (as spokespeople) Party Coalition Avenir Québec Québec solidaire Leader since November 4, 2011 David: February 4, 2006 Fontecilla: May 5, 2013 Leader's seat L'Assomption David: Gouin Fontecilla: Ran in Laurier-Dorion (lost) Last election 19 seats, 27.05% 2 seats, 6.03% Seats before 18 2 Seats won 22 3 Seat change 4 1 Popular vote 975,607 323,124 Percentage 23.05% 7.63% Swing 4.00pp 1.60pp
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 Pauline Marois Parti Québécois Premier after election Philippe Couillard Liberal

The 2014 Quebec general election was held on April 7, 2014 to elect members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The incumbent Parti Québécois which had won a minority government in 2012 was defeated by the Quebec Liberal Party under Philippe Couillard who won a majority government of 70 seats, while the incumbent Parti Québécois finished second with 30 seats, becoming the first single-term government since Jean-Jacques Bertrand's Union Nationale government was defeated in 1970. Pauline Marois electoral defeat marked the shortest stay of any Quebec provincial government since the Canadian Confederation.^[1] It marked the lowest seat total for the Parti Québécois since 1989 and its smallest share of the popular vote since its inaugural run in 1970, as Premier Pauline Marois lost her own riding. The Coalition Avenir Québec under François Legault made minor gains in terms of seats despite receiving a smaller share of the popular vote than in the previous election. Québec solidaire won an additional seat, though co-spokesperson Andrés Fontecilla failed to win his riding. This election saw the return of the Liberals to power 2 years after their defeat in 2012. To date this is the last election where the Liberal Party won a majority of seats in the Quebec Assembly.