Rate of Participation in Quebec Elections

Taux de participation aux élections québécoises

1976-2007

 

Elections/Referendum	Rate/taux participation
November 15, 1976	85.27%
May 20, 1980 (Referendum)	85.61%
April 13, 1981	82.49%
December 2, 1985	75.64%
September 25, 1989	74.95%
September 12, 1994	81.58%
October 30, 1995 (Referendum)	93.52%
November 30, 1998	78.32%
April 14, 2003	70.42%
March 26, 2007	71.27%

Liberal Victory

PQ Victory

The table makes it very clear that the greater the participation rate, the more likely the Parti Québécois will win the election; conversely, the lower the participation rate, the more likely the Liberal Party is to win the election.

© 2007 Claude Bélanger, Marianopolis College