Quebec general election, 1998

In the Quebec general election on November 30, 1998, the incumbent Parti Québécois; under Lucien Bouchard won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party under Jean Charest.

In terms of the number of seats won by each of the two parties, the result was almost identical to the previous 1994 general election. However, this time the Liberals actually won a slightly larger percentage of the popular vote, but nonetheless far fewer seats.

Mario Dumont, leader of the Action démocratique du Québec;, repeated his success in winning his own seat, as he had done in the 1994 general election. However, his party also repeated its failure to elect any other member apart from its leader.

Election results

Party	Votes	% of vote	Total
Parti libéral du Québec	1,771,858	43.6%	48
Parti Québécois	1,744,240	42.9%	76
Action démocratique du Québec	480,636	11.8%	1
Parti de la démocratie socialiste	24,097	0,6%	0
Equality Party	12.543	0.3%	0
Independents and Unaffiliated	12,441	0.3%	0
Bloc pot	9,944	0.2%	0
Parti de la loi naturelle du Québec	5,369	0.1%	0
Parti marxiste-léniniste du Québec	2,747	0.1%	0
Parti innovateur du Québec	2,484	0.1%	0
Parti Communiste du Québec	2,113	0.1%	0

• Election results

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Preceded by: 1994

List of Quebec general elections

Succeeded by: 2003

See also

• List of Quebec premiers
• Politics of Quebec
• Timeline of Quebec history

External links

• CBC TV video clip