The participation rate was below average in Montreal, particularly in some ridings held by Liberal MNAs.
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La Presse Canadienne
Nearly one-quarter of Quebec voters cast their ballots in the advance polls held in the province’s 125 ridings Sunday and Monday.
Élections Québec announced Tuesday that the participation rate was 22.92 per cent, higher than that for advance polls in the 2018 general election.
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Many ridings logged participation rates above 30 per cent, particularly in the hotly contested Quebec City region. In Louis-Hébert, the riding held by CAQ MNA and cabinet minister Geneviève Guilbault, the turnout was 39.52 per cent. In the riding of Lévis, it was 33.7 per cent. In Chauveau, where Conservative Leader Éric Duhaime is running, the turnout was 32.53 per cent.
On the other hand, the participation rate was below average in Montreal, particularly in some ridings held by Liberal MNAs. Élections Québec reported a participation rate of 10.55 per cent in west-end D’Arcy-McGee riding and about 12 per cent in Jeanne-Mance—Viger, Acadie and St-Laurent.
The riding of Ungava in northern Quebec had the lowest advance poll turnout, at 6.96 per cent.
In Îles-de-la-Madeleine, where advance polling stations were closed Sunday because of post-tropical storm Fiona, turnout was 14.88 per cent. Residents were permitted to vote until 10 p.m. Monday to make up for the lost day.
In 2018, nearly 18 per cent of voters cast their ballots in advance polls.
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