Quebec: April 7, 2014

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Early results in Charlevoix. Priceless.

[Vosem]

Marois trailing in her own riding. If a big enough majority, she could lose. She's lost before: the Gritnami in '85.

By 6 votes...

[RogueBeaver]

CTV projects a Liberal majority.

[You kip if you want to...]

CBC say it's a majority! Fantastic.

[trebor204]

and so does CBC

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Worst share of the vote since 1970, their first election, for the PQ.

[Antonio the Sixth]

So QS won't gain any seat?

[MaxQue]

QS is 3rd in Sainte-Marie-Saint-Jacques and it's 60-19 for Liberals in Laurier-Dorion.

[RogueBeaver]

No QS gains.

[MaxQue]

CAQ is wierd. It collapsed in Quebec City area and Eastern Quebec, but grew in Montreal north suburbs.

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QS trailing by less than 100 in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Dire PQ results in the north

[RogueBeaver]

LBB defeated, but to be expected in a bellwether. He'll probably run again at some point.

[You kip if you want to...]

Great night for the PLQ, but nothing special when compared to past results. Running below 2008 numbers in votes.

And the CAQ aren't doing that badly.

[MaxQue]

Big Barrette won.

Houda-Pepin lost, but 24% is pretty impressive.

[RogueBeaver]

De Courcy defeated, Marois leading by 34 votes. My guess is she clings on like PMJ did.

[Marokai Backbeat]

Truly the greatest tragedy of this election is that Léo Bureau-Blouin has lost re-election in Laval-des-Rapides. He was too gorgeous for Quebec to handle.

[MaxQue]

It's a close race between PQ and PLQ in Sainte-Marie-Saint-Jacques, to the surprise of everyone (it always was a Liberal wasteland).

[Vosem]

Astonishingly close three-way in Sainte-Marie-Saint-Jacques -- right now, 31% for the PQ, 30% for the PLQ, and 29% for QS. And the QS is also trailing just 34%-32% in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. But Fontecilla is down 13% in Laurier-Dorion and the QS candidate is down 12% in Rosemont (which is third place, behind both the PQ and the PLQ).

[Filuwaúrdjan]

The PQ's hilariously bad showing in Montreal ought to give them pause for thought.

[Vosem]

Less than 300 votes separating 1st from 3rd place in Saint-Hyacinthe. Unreally close two-way election in Sherbrooke, too (Liberal leads PQ -- Serge Cardin, who I thought was possible future leadership material -- by less than 100 votes). Then, in Sainte-Marie-Saint-Jacques, there's just a 65-vote difference between first and third place...

And everything to the north of Montreal is a few percentage points of a three-way race between the PLQ, the PQ, and the CAQ.

[RogueBeaver]

Groulx is also a ridiculously close 3 way, PLQ leads by 6 with 2/3 reporting.

[MaxQue]

QS took the lead in Sainte-Marie-Saint-Jacques.

[Vosem]

Groulx is also a ridiculously close 3 way, PLQ leads by 6 with 2/3 reporting.

And Blainville, right next door. The only really decisive victory I can find anywhere in that area is Legault's 15% blowout in L'Assomption, funny considering he was thought of as dead meat at the beginning of the campaign. It's a sad kind of funny, I suppose, that Paquette was supposed to eventually be the BQ leader and a key House of Commons player -- he's on the receiving end of Legault's margin tonight.

[RogueBeaver]

4 ministers defeated so far.