Liberal candidate Affine Lwalalika had initially been declared the winner of the Vachon riding by a margin of ten votes.
A recount was triggered and ended on Wednesday.
Quebec's election authority says the recount gave the upper hand to PQ candidate Stephan Fogaing by three votes.
The Liberal Party says it acknowledges the results of the recount but that its lawyers are reviewing the situation.Â
âAll options are on the table, and we will make a decision quickly on how to proceed,â the party wrote on its social media accounts.
Data from the election authority, Ălections QuĂ©bec, shows more ballots were rejected in the recount than on election day, going from 588 to 730 rejected ballots.
The incumbent for Vachon, former Coalition Avenir QuĂ©bec cabinet minister Ian LafreniĂšre, congratulated Fogaing.Â
âThe judicial recount declared him the winner by three votes in Vachon. The phrase âevery vote countsâ takes on its full meaning,â wrote the former domestic security minister on X.Â
LafreniĂšre had finished third with just under 21 per cent of the vote on election day.Â
The PQ has also requested a judicial recount in Champlain, in the Mauricie region, where its candidate lost by 191 votes to Conservative candidate Adriana Szalontai.Â
The Court of Quebec confirmed the recount on Tuesday. It is set to begin Thursday at the Trois-RiviĂšres courthouse.
In its press release, the election authority says there have been seven judicial recounts after a provincial election since 2000. Recounts in 2003 and 1994 led to ties, which triggered byelections.Â
â With files from FrĂ©dĂ©ric Lacroix-Couture
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 22, 2026.
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