2012 Quebec general election

The 2012 Quebec general election was held on September 4. Pauline Marois' Parti Québécois won a minority of seats and Jean Charest's Quebec Liberal Party formed the opposition.

2012 Quebec general election

September 4, 2012
125 seats in the National Assembly of Quebec 63 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	74.60% (17.17%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Pauline Marois Jean Charest François Legault Party Parti Québécois Liberal Coalition Avenir Québec Leader's seat Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré Sherbrooke (lost re-election) L'Assomption Last election 51 seats, 35.17% 66 seats, 42.08% 7 seats, 16.37%Vote Total 1 Seats before 47 64 9 Seats won 54 50 19 Seat change 7 14 10 Popular vote 1,393,703 1,360,968 1,180,235 Percentage 31.95% 31.20% 27.05% Swing 3.22pp 10.88pp 10.68pp^1   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Françoise David and Amir Khadir (as spokespeople) Jean-Martin Aussant Party Québec solidaire Option nationale Leader's seat David: Gouin Khadir: Mercier Nicolet-Yamaska (lost re-election in Nicolet-Bécancour) Last election 1 seat, 3.78% pre-creation Seats before 1 1 Seats won 2 0 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 263,111 82,539 Percentage 6.03% 1.89% Swing 2.25pp pre-creation
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

Notes

^1 Results change is compared to the Action démocratique du Québec in 2008.