Quebec Election 2026 Results: Parti Québécois Forms a Minority

By ViralScopeHub Team · Published October 27, 2026 · Last updated October 27, 2026, 8:45 AM ET · 4 min read · Elections

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Quebec election 2026 results: the seat count

The Parti Québécois (PQ) won 60 of the National Assembly’s 127 seats in the October 5, 2026 general election, 4 short of the 64 needed for a majority. The Assemblée nationale published the seat count on October 14 after receiving the names of 127 elected candidates from the Chief Electoral Officer.

The four parties above account for all 127 seats (60 + 39 + 19 + 9 = 127), so no independents are in the Assembly according to those figures. Majority needs 64 of 127 seats, as the Assembly’s count and CBC News both reflect.

How the night unfolded

CBC News projected a PQ minority government on election night, making St-Pierre Plamondon the next premier. Early projections were slightly different from the final count: late on election night CBC had the PQ at 59 seats and the Liberals at 40, and the final count in the Assemblée nationale is 60 and 39. The change reminds us that election-night figures are provisional.

• PQ minority: CBC News reported the PQ took power with less than 30% of the popular vote. AP News reports the party fell short of enough seats to govern alone, and that it returned to power with a promise to hold another referendum on independence.
• CAQ wiped out: four years after winning a large majority, the CAQ won no seats. Its leader, Christine Fréchette, lost her own seat.
• Liberals in opposition: Leader Charles Milliard was projected to win Orford and ruled out a referendum: “No way,” he said.
• Conservative breakthrough: from zero seats in 2022 to 19. Leader Éric Duhaime was projected to win Bellechasse.
• Québec solidaire: nine seats; co-leader Ruba Ghazal was projected to win Mercier (CBC News).

The PQ last formed a government in 2012 under Pauline Marois (CBC News). In his victory speech St-Pierre Plamondon promised to work with other parties and be “direct” with Prime Minister Mark Carney, and said he still dreams of making Quebec a country. In English, he told anglophone Quebecers that all Quebecers face the same challenges.

What happens next

• Élections Québec says the final data will be published after any judicial recounts. Its results page notes that, if the web content differs from the Official Statement of the Election Results, the official statement prevails.
• A PQ minority government needs support from opposition parties to pass laws and budgets, so the first confidence votes will matter. We do not forecast them.
• The PQ has promised another referendum on independence. According to The Globe and Mail, as summarized in our news article, it says it will not hold one until US President Donald Trump leaves office, and polls put support for independence at about 30%.
• Electoral reform: CBC News expects calls for it to grow louder because the PQ took power with less than 30% of the vote.