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Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is the first PQ leader since Lucien Bouchard to gain support during an election

The Parti Québécois was also the only party able to reduce CAQ support during the 2022 Quebec election.

The CAQ won the 2022 Quebec election with 90 seats and 41% support, followed by the Liberal Party with 21 seats and 14% of the vote. While the Parti Québécois only managed to win 3 seats despite winning 15% of the popular vote, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is the first PQ leader since Lucien Bouchard in 1998 to gain support during an election campaign.

As Léger President Jean-Marc Léger points out below, support for the Parti Québécois increased from 9% to 15% during the election, an increase of 6 points. (The PQ was also the only party able to reduce CAQ support during the 2022 Quebec election.)

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is the first PQ leader since Lucien Bouchard to gain support during an election

Another poll by the Angus Reed Institute found that Paul St-Pierre Plamondon was the best liked of Quebec’s major party leaders.

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