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2012 Quebec general election

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2012 Quebec general election
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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.[1] 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.[2]

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Seating plan following the election.

During Marois' victory speech, an attack including gunshots and a fire occurred at the Métropolis concert hall housing the event[3] and a forty-year-old man died as a result of gunshot wounds.[4][5]

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Timeline

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

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Pauline Marois on the campaign trail.
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Redistribution of ridings

The Commission de la représentation électorale performed a redistribution in 2011, which maintained the number of seats in the National Assembly at 125 for the next general election, making the following alterations:[36]

  1. Parts from Fabre and Vimont.
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Incumbent MNAs who did not run for re-election

Opinion polls

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Evolution of voting intentions for the 2012 Quebec general election. Dots are individual poll results and trend lines are local regressions with 95% confidence interval.
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Results

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Notes:

Results change is compared to the Action démocratique du Québec in 2008.
†† The party avoids formally designating David and Khadir as co-leaders, relying instead on internal direct democracy during general assembly meetings; the de jure leader recognized by the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec (DGE) is Régent Séguin.[39]
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

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

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Synopsis of results

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  1. including spoilt ballots
  2. All parties with more than 1% of the vote are shown individually. Independent candidates and other minor parties are aggregated separately. Parties are presented in the order shown on EQ data.
  3. Jean-François Gosselin was previously elected in 2007 as the adéquiste MNA for Jean-Lesage.
  4. François Legault was previously the péquiste MNA for Rousseau.
  5. François Rebello was previously the péquiste MNA for La Prairie.
  = open seat
  = turnout is above provincial average
  = winning candidate was in previous Legislature
  = incumbent had switched allegiance
  = previously incumbent in another riding
  = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
  = incumbency arose from byelection gain
  = other incumbents renominated
  = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
  = multiple candidates

Comparative analysis for ridings (2012 vs 2008)

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List of candidates

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The deadline for candidacies was August 18, 2012 at 2 pm.

(1) Bas-Saint-Laurent and (11) Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine

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(2) Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean and (9) Côte-Nord

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(3) Capitale-Nationale

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(4) Mauricie

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(5) Estrie (Eastern Townships)

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(6) Montreal

East

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West

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(7) Outaouais

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(8) Abitibi-Témiscamingue and (10) Nord-du-Québec

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(12) Chaudière-Appalaches and (17) Centre-du-Québec

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(13) Laval

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(14) Lanaudière

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(15) Laurentides

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(16) Montérégie

Eastern

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South Shore

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Summary analysis

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Footnotes

  1. Polls prior to November 2011 were listed as "New Party led by François Legault".

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