Decline in the voting rate almost everywhere in Montreal

The participation rate in provincial elections on the island of Montreal is 7.22% below the national average. Elections Quebec reports a drop in turnout in 19 of the city’s 27 ridings compared to 2018 data.

While the turnout in the province is estimated at 66.05% by Elections Quebec, the Montreal rate would rather be on average at 58.85%. The electoral division of Westmount–Saint-Louis (44.99%) has the lowest participation rate on the island of Montreal.

While Liberal ridings generally have lower turnout rates, at 9.07% below the average for the rest of the island, it is also among them that we find two of the largest increases since 2018.

In Bourassa-Sauvé, a riding won by Liberal candidate Madwa-Nika Cadet, turnout increased by 4.02%. In the neighboring riding of LaFontaine, won by Marc Tanguay, the vote rate increased by 3.3%.

Remember that the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec (DGEQ) conducted a broad campaign to encourage voting this year in the hope of raising the rates, an objective that was not achieved.

Constituency with their participation rate and their variation since 2018:

Acadia: 53.45% (-0.72%)

Anjou–Louis-Riel: 63.85% (-0.64%)

Bourassa-Sauve: 56.46% (+4.02%)

Camille-Laurin: 63.43% (-1.47%)

D’Arcy-McGee: 47.63% (+1.07%)

Gouin: 69.57% (-0.05%)

Hochelaga-Maisonneuve: 62.50% (-0.90%)

Jacques Cartier: 63.17% (-1.94%)

Jeanne-Mance–Viger: 55.01% (-0.26%)

LaFontaine: 62.33% (+3.30%)

Laurier-Dorion: 61.52% (-1.97%)

Marguerite-Bourgeoys: 54.71% (-0.09%)

Label: 58.32% (-1.29%)

Maurice-Richard: 66.63% (-2.00%)

Mercier: 63.62% (-1.94%)

Mount Royal–Outremont: 53.70% (-2.01%)

Nelligan: 58.76% (-0.82%)

Our Lady of Grace: 55.21% (-093%)

Pointe-aux-Trembles: 55.33% (-1.10%)

Robert Baldwin: 55.80% (+0.20%)

Rosemont: 68.20% (-1.20%)

Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques: 56.23% (-3.19%)

Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne: 57.81% (+1.21%)

Saint-Laurent: 51.13% (+0.17%)

Verdun: 64.52% (+1.33%)

Viau: 54.01% (+0.57%)

Westmount–Saint-Louis: 44.99% (-3.48%)