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QUEBEC VOTES: Coalition Avenir Quebec projected to form majority gov’t

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Quebec Premier Francois Legault and his wife Isabelle Brais attend an election night rally in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, Oct. 3, 2022.
Quebec Premier Francois Legault and his wife Isabelle Brais attend an election night rally in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, Oct. 3, 2022. Photo by Mathieu Belanger /REUTERS

MONTREAL — The Canadian Press is projecting that the Coalition Avenir Quebec will form a majority government, earning leader Francois Legault a second mandate as premier.

Legault’s party jumped to an early lead shortly after polls closed and was leading or elected in some 40 ridings as of 8:15 p.m.

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Opinion polls throughout the campaign suggested the CAQ was poised to cruise to a second straight majority, with support more than 20 percentage points higher than that of its closest rival.

Legault was facing a crowded field including the Quebec Liberals, Quebec solidaire, the Parti Quebecois and the Quebec Conservative Party, all of which were polling in the teens as the campaign ended.

At dissolution, the CAQ had 76 of the legislature’s 125 seats, while the Liberals had 27, Quebec solidaire had 10 and the Parti Quebecois had seven. The Conservative Party of Quebec held one seat and there were four Independents.

A party needs 63 seats to form a majority.