In the metropolis, some constituencies have changed color. Unsurprisingly, the West Island of Montreal remained liberal red, but several ridings elsewhere on the island were the scene of close contests, such as in Maurice-Richard and Verdun.
In 2018, the Liberals won 19 seats on the island. At the time these lines were written, at half past midnight, the Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ) had won 16 of them and the party was leading in two other ridings. In Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne, Liberal leader Dominique Anglade was able to keep her stronghold.
The PQ had been wiped off the map of the island of Montreal four years ago. Their leader, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, was finally elected in Camille-Laurin facing the outgoing CAQ MPRichard Campeau.
The CAQ wave that swept over the province did not reach the metropolis. The member of the Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) for Pointe-aux-Trembles, Chantal Rouleau, won easily, but she risks being the only elected member of her party on the island since Camille-Laurin escaped the party by Francois Legault. In Anjou-Louis-Riel, caquiste Karine Boivin Roy trailed against liberal Chantal Gagnon.
Québec solidaire (QS) managed to keep its six seats, in addition to adding another, that of Maurice-Richard, won by Haroun Bouazzi, who defeated caquiste Audrey Murray. A close struggle continued in Verdun in the early hours of the morning as the united candidate Alejandra Zaga Mendez took the lead against the Liberal MP outgoing, Isabelle Melançon.
In Laval, powder blue has spread. In 2018, the PLQ won five of the six ridings there. This time, the CAQ extended its hold and grabbed hold of Laval-des-Rapides and Vimont in addition to retaining Sainte-Rose. The caquistes were ahead in Fabre, but the PLQ led in Mille-Îles.