Official 2026 portrait
Who is registered with Élections Québec for 2026
Complete portrait of authorized parties and accepted candidacies, taken directly from the Élections Québec open data. No figure is added or estimated.
Source: Élections Québec (open data) — Data updated: September 17, 2026
908
Accepted candidacies
20
Authorized parties
20
Parties with at least one candidacy
19
Independent candidacies
127
Electoral divisions covered
77
Sitting members running again
Parties, from widest to narrowest slate
“Full slate” means one candidacy in every division of the current map.
Équipe Christine Fréchette - Coalition avenir QuébecÉCF-CAQ
127 candidacies
Full slateRegistered leader : Christine FréchetteAuthorized since February 14, 2012
Parti conservateur du QuébecPCOQ
127 candidacies
Full slateRegistered leader : Éric DuhaimeAuthorized since March 25, 2009
Parti libéral du Québec/Quebec Liberal PartyPLQ/QLP
127 candidacies
Full slateRegistered leader : Charles MilliardAuthorized since February 22, 1978
Parti québécoisPQ
127 candidacies
Full slateRegistered leader : Paul St-Pierre PlamondonAuthorized since February 22, 1978
Québec solidaireQS
127 candidacies
Full slateRegistered leader : Carmen PalardySpokespersons : Ruba Ghazal · Gabriel Nadeau-DuboisAuthorized since January 1, 2018
Electoral law requires each party to register a single leader; parties with shared leadership register their administrative direction, while their public voice is carried by their spokespersons.
Climat Québec - Équipe Martine OuelletCQ-EMO
52 candidacies
Registered leader : Martine OuelletAuthorized since August 2, 2021
Parti nulPN
38 candidacies
Registered leader : Renaud BlaisAuthorized since April 9, 2009
Parti vert du Québec/Green Party of QuébecPVQ/GPQ
37 candidacies
Registered leader : Alex TyrrellAuthorized since November 14, 2001
Parti canadien du Québec / Canadian Party of QuébecPCQ/CPQ
29 candidacies
Registered leader : Joseph CianfloneAuthorized since June 15, 2022
Démocratie directeDD
28 candidacies
Registered leader : Jean Charles ClérouxAuthorized since May 15, 2022
Présence QuébecPRQ
18 candidacies
Registered leader : Guillaume TremblayAuthorized since April 3, 2024
Parti marxiste-léniniste du QuébecPMLQ
12 candidacies
Registered leader : Christine DandenaultAuthorized since May 5, 1989
Parti communiste du QuébecPCQ
10 candidacies
Registered leader : Adrien WelshAuthorized since March 3, 2023
Équipe autonomisteEA
8 candidacies
Registered leader : Louis ChandonnetAuthorized since March 21, 2012
Parti accès propriété et équité - Équipe Québec debout PAPE-EQD
6 candidacies
Registered leader : Shawn Lalande McLeanAuthorized since January 22, 2025
Bloc potBP
5 candidacies
Registered leader : Jean-Patrick BerthiaumeAuthorized since March 18, 1998
Parti culinaire du QuébecPCUQ
4 candidacies
Registered leader : Jean-Louis ThémistocleAuthorized since June 8, 2018
Parti libertarien du QuébecPLIQ
3 candidacies
Registered leader : Charles OlivierAuthorized since July 25, 2022
Osons QuébecOQ
2 candidacies
Registered leader : Ludovic MbanyAuthorized since September 2, 2026
Québec innovantQI
2 candidacies
Registered leader : Alexandre St-PierreAuthorized since April 3, 2024
Independent candidacies
19 candidacies
Most contested divisions
Accepted candidacies per division, from highest to lowest.
| Verdun | 13 |
| Sainte-Marie-Saint-Jacques | 12 |
| Laurier-Dorion | 11 |
| Hochelaga-Maisonneuve | 10 |
| Mercier | 10 |
| Sherbrooke | 10 |
| Viau | 10 |
| Argenteuil | 9 |
| Chambly | 9 |
| D'Arcy-McGee | 9 |
| Gouin | 9 |
| Jean-Lesage | 9 |
| Jean-Talon | 9 |
| Joliette | 9 |
| Maskinongé | 9 |
| Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | 9 |
| Orford | 9 |
| Pierre-Laporte | 9 |
| Saint-Jean | 9 |
| Saint-Laurent | 9 |
| Westmount-Saint-Louis | 9 |
| Acadie | 8 |
| Berthier | 8 |
| Brome-Missisquoi | 8 |
| Camille-Laurin | 8 |
| Champlain | 8 |
| Chapleau | 8 |
| Labelle | 8 |
| Laviolette-Saint-Maurice | 8 |
| Marie-Lacoste-Gérin-Lajoie | 8 |
| Mont-Royal-Outremont | 8 |
| Montarville | 8 |
| Montmorency | 8 |
| Nicolet-Bécancour | 8 |
| Pointe-aux-Trembles | 8 |
| Portneuf | 8 |
| Richmond | 8 |
| Taschereau | 8 |
| Trois-Rivières | 8 |
| Vanier-Les Rivières | 8 |
| Anjou-Louis-Riel | 7 |
| Arthabaska-L'Érable | 7 |
| Beauharnois | 7 |
| Bertrand | 7 |
| Charlesbourg | 7 |
| Charlevoix-Côte-de-Beaupré | 7 |
| Châteauguay | 7 |
| Chicoutimi | 7 |
| Chomedey | 7 |
| Chutes-de-la-Chaudière | 7 |
| Drummond-Bois-Francs | 7 |
| Fabre | 7 |
| Granby | 7 |
| Iberville | 7 |
| Jacques-Cartier | 7 |
| Jeanne-Mance-Viger | 7 |
| La Peltrie | 7 |
| La Pinière | 7 |
| La Prairie | 7 |
| Lac-Saint-Jean | 7 |
| LaFontaine | 7 |
| Laval-des-Rapides | 7 |
| Les Plaines | 7 |
| Lévis | 7 |
| Lotbinière-Frontenac | 7 |
| Louis-Hébert | 7 |
| Marguerite-Bourgeoys | 7 |
| Marie-Victorin | 7 |
| Marquette | 7 |
| Matane-Matapédia-Mitis | 7 |
| Mégantic | 7 |
| Mirabel | 7 |
| Nelligan | 7 |
| Richelieu | 7 |
| Rimouski | 7 |
| Robert-Baldwin | 7 |
| Rosemont | 7 |
| Saint-François | 7 |
| Saint-Henri-Sainte-Anne | 7 |
| Sainte-Rose | 7 |
| Soulanges | 7 |
| Vimont-Auteuil | 7 |
| Abitibi-Est | 6 |
| Beauce-Nord | 6 |
| Beauce-Sud | 6 |
| Bellechasse | 6 |
| Blainville | 6 |
| Borduas | 6 |
| Bourassa-Sauvé | 6 |
| Chauveau | 6 |
| Deux-Montagnes | 6 |
| Dubuc | 6 |
| Duplessis | 6 |
| Gatineau | 6 |
| Groulx | 6 |
| Hull | 6 |
| Huntingdon | 6 |
| Îles-de-la-Madeleine | 6 |
| Jonquière | 6 |
| L'Assomption | 6 |
| Maurice-Richard | 6 |
| Mille-Îles | 6 |
| Papineau | 6 |
| Pontiac | 6 |
| Prévost | 6 |
| René-Lévesque | 6 |
| Repentigny | 6 |
| Rivière-du-Loup-Témiscouata-Les Basques | 6 |
| Rouyn-Noranda-Témiscamingue | 6 |
| Saint-Hyacinthe | 6 |
| Saint-Jérôme | 6 |
| Sanguinet | 6 |
| Taillon | 6 |
| Terrebonne | 6 |
| Vachon | 6 |
| Vaudreuil | 6 |
| Verchères | 6 |
| Abitibi-Ouest | 5 |
| Bellefeuille | 5 |
| Bonaventure | 5 |
| Côte-du-Sud | 5 |
| Daniel-Johnson | 5 |
| Gaspé | 5 |
| Masson | 5 |
| Roberval | 5 |
| Rousseau | 5 |
| Ungava | 5 |
Candidate profile
Average candidacies per division : 7.1
Information not available: Élections Québec does not publish candidate sex or age in its open data. No estimate is shown here.
