Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Quebec By-Elections By the Numbers

Combined 2007 Quebec by-election results for Outremont, Roberval-Lac-Saint-Jean, and St. Hyacinthe-St. Bagot

Conservative 31475 36.9%
BQ 23983 28.1%
NDP 14587 17.1%
Liberal 12136 14.2%

Total votes: 85255

Combined 2006 federal election results for Outremont, Roberval-Lac-Saint-Jean, and St. Hyacinthe-St. Bagot

Conservative 31954 25.1%
BQ 57202 44.9%
NDP 11858 9.3%
Liberal 22180 17.4%

Total votes: 127500

Some interesting points:

The NDP was the only party that actually increase its raw vote total.

The BQ lost roughly half of its 2006 votes.

People who thought the Liberal couldn't sink any further in Quebec are thinking twice.

The Tories are poised to make major gains outside of the Montreal area.

1 comment:

Lord Kitchener's Own said...

FYI, There's a good post from Andrew Coyne on the by-elections from yesterday.