1989 Quebec general election
The 1989 Quebec general election was held on September 25, 1989, to elect members of the National [Assembly of Quebec|National Assembly] of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec [Liberal Party], led by Premier Robert Bourassa, won re-election, defeating the Parti Québécois, led by Jacques Parizeau.
This election was notable for the arrival of the Equality [Party (Quebec)|Equality Party], which advocated English-speaking minority rights. It won four seats, but never had any success in any subsequent election.
1988 redistribution of ridings
The Commission [de la représentation électorale] performed a redistribution in 1988, which increased the number of seats in the National Assembly from 122 to 125 for the next general election:Results
! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party! rowspan=2 | Party leader
! colspan=4 | MNAs
! colspan=4 | Votes
! Candidates
!1981 [Quebec general election|1981]
!1985
!±
!#
! ±
!%
! ±
! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total
! " colspan="2"|125
! " colspan="2"|3,408,909
! " colspan="2"| 100.00%
Analysis
| Parties | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
| 92 | 33 | ||||
| 29 | 86 | 10 | |||
| 4 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 1 | 12 | 3 | |||
| 32 | 14 | ||||
| 20 | 23 | 10 | |||
| 6 | 10 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 22 | 11 | |||
| 3 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 3 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 2 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 1 | 9 | |||
| 1 | 5 | 2 | |||
| 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 1 | |||||
| 6 | 3 | ||||
| 2 | 8 | ||||
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| 1 |