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PQ requests recount after Vachon vote tie margin

By Drooid · Oct 8, 2026, 2:52 AM UTC · How we work

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Parti Québécois (PQ) requested a recount in the Vachon riding after its candidate trailed by ten votes.
Liberal candidate Affine Lwalalika received 10,063 votes, exactly ten more than PQ candidate Stephan Fogaing.
PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon said the recount could increase the party’s seats from 59 to 60.
In Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne, Liberal Benoît Clermont narrowly beat Québec solidaire’s Guillaume Cliche-Rivard.
Cliche-Rivard conceded, noting the margin was revised to 275 votes.

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Parti Québécois (PQ) requested a recount in the Vachon riding after its candidate trailed by ten votes.
Liberal candidate Affine Lwalalika received 10,063 votes, exactly ten more than PQ candidate Stephan Fogaing.
PQ leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon said the recount could increase the party’s seats from 59 to 60.
In Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne, Liberal Benoît Clermont narrowly beat Québec solidaire’s Guillaume Cliche-Rivard.
Cliche-Rivard conceded, noting the margin was revised to 275 votes.