But those preliminary figures were updated on the \u00c9lections Qu\u00e9bec around 2 p.m. Tuesday. <\/p>\n
Clermont now has 13,341 votes while Cliche-Rivard dropped to 13,066 \u2014 a difference of 275 votes. <\/p>\n
According to \u00c9lections Qu\u00e9bec, an application for a judicial recount can be filed with the Court of Qu\u00e9bec \u2013 within four days of the election \u2013 if the second-place candidate lost by one-thousandth of the votes cast.<\/p>\n
Prior to the updated figures, the website showed 36,097 valid ballots had been cast. That total is now 35 864. In either case, one-thousandth of the votes cast would therefore be 36 votes \u2014 well below the new difference. <\/p>\n
\u201cGuillaume Cliche-Rivard is one of the best MNAs in the National Assembly of Quebec, and it\u2019s heartbreaking to lose him,\u201d Qu\u00e9bec solidaire co-spokesperson Ruba Ghazal said earlier Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we are going to see all the opportunities to do another counting of the vote. People in Saint-Henri\u2014Sainte-Anne, they deserve to have the real result, that the difference is too small. So we are evaluating all the possibilities that we can have to do this recount.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Qu\u00e9bec solidaire co-spokespeople Sol Zanetti and Ruba Ghazal on Oct. 6, 2026. (CityNews)<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter several hours of vote counting, fewer than 40 votes separate me from my Liberal opponent, Beno\u00eet Clermont,\u201d Cliche-Rivard wrote on social media late on election night. \u201cGiven this uncertainty, we are currently evaluating all legal avenues that ensure the full expression of democracy, including a request for a judicial recount.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would like to acknowledge the excellent campaign run by all the candidates in the riding; however, the citizens of the Sud-Ouest deserve a clear answer regarding the election result. See you soon.\u201d<\/p>\n
The race was even closer in a nearby riding, on Montreal\u2019s South Shore.<\/p>\n
Only 10 votes separated Liberal candidate Affine Lwalalika from the PQ\u2019s Stephan Fogaing in Vachon \u2014 a difference of 0.02 per cent of all valid votes cast. <\/p>\n
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