Liberal candidates came in second by fewer than 500 votes in both ridings in Monday's Quebec election.
The Quebec Liberal Party has conceded defeat in two hotly contested Greater Montreal ridings in Monday’s provincial election.
Liberal candidates came in second in Fabre and Verdun by fewer than 500 votes each, results compiled by Élections Québec show.
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In Fabre, one of four Laval ridings won by the Coalition Avenir Québec, Liberal candidate Sonia Baudelot lost out to Alice Abou-Khalil of the CAQ by 306 votes.
In Verdun, Liberal incumbent Isabelle Melançon fell to Québec solidaire’s Alejandra Zaga Mendez by 461 votes.
“After an analysis of the counting of votes at the Director of Elections’ Offices in Verdun and Fabre today, we have decided against requesting judicial recounts,” Maxime Roy, director of communications for the Liberal party, said Tuesday afternoon via email.
Although the Liberals captured 21 seats Monday night, preserving their status as the official opposition, they posted the worst election score in the party’s 150-year-old history with a loss of about 400,000 votes.
Support for the Liberals dropped to about 14.4 per cent of the vote from 25 per cent four years ago.
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