The 1989 Quebec general election was held on September 25, 1989, to elect members of the 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, 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:

Abolished ridings New ridingsDrawn from parts of other ridings Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudièredrawn from parts of Beauce-Nord and Lévis Massondrawn from parts of L'Assomption and Terrebonne Pointe-aux-Tremblesdrawn from parts of Anjou, Bourget and LaFontaineReorganization of ridings Beauharnois Huntingdon Vaudreuil-Soulanges Beauharnois-Huntingdon Salaberry-Soulanges Vaudreuil Merger of ridings Saint-Jacques Sainte-Marie Sainte-Marie–Saint-JacquesDivision of ridings Laprairie La Prairie La PinièreRenaming of ridings L'Acadie Acadie Maisonneuve Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Nicolet Nicolet-Yamaska

Opinion polls

+ Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level Polling firmLast day of survey Source QLP PQ EQP Other SampleElection 1989September 25, 198949.9540.163.696.20SorecomAugust 29, 1989 48385SorecomAugust 26, 1989 44377SorecomJune 1989 5335Election 1985December 2, 198555.9938.69-5.32

Polling by Language +Date(s)FirmSampleQuebec Liberal PartyParti QuébécoisOtherRef. FrancophonesNon FrancophonesFrancophonesNon FrancophonesFrancophonesNon Francophones September 17, 1989 CROP49%55%44%030%HTML August 29, 1989 Sorecom46%47%44%3%028%HTML August 26, 1989 Sorecom43%34%44%9%047%HTML May 18, 1988 CROP57%92%33%4%10%4%HTML September 30, 1987 Sorecom48%77%32%18%20%HTML September 26, 1986 Sorecom55%39%HTML May 25, 1986 Sorecom45%47%HTML

Results

! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MNAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1981 !1985 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp)

|style="text-align:left;"|Robert Bourassa | 125 || 99 || 92 || 7 || 1,702,808 || 207,499 || 49.95% || 6.04

|style="text-align:left;"|Jacques Parizeau | 125 || 23 || 29 || 6 || 1,369,067 || 49,059 || 40.16% || 1.47

|style="text-align:left;"|Robert Libman | 19 || – || 4 || 4 || 125,726 || 125,726 || 3.69% ||New

|style="text-align:left;"|James Atkinson | 16 || – || – || – || 33,862 || 33,862 || 0.99% ||New

|style="text-align:left;"|Jean Ouimet | 46 || – || – || – || 67,675 || 63,062 || 1.99% || 1.85

|style="text-align:left;"|Gaétan Nadeau | 55 || – || – || – || 41,504 || 41,084 || 1.22% || 1.20

| || 32 || – || – || – || 23,751 || 15,896 || 0.70% || 0.47

|style="text-align:left;"|Denis Patenaude | 11 || – || – || – || 7,550 || 7,550 || 0.22% ||New

| || 1 || – || – || – || 6,046 || 6,046 || 0.18% ||New

|style="text-align:left;"|Gérard Lachance | 19 || – || – || – || 5,497 || 5,110 || 0.16% || 0.15

|style="text-align:left;"|Robert Coppenrath | 12 || – || – || – || 4,750 || 30,460 || 0.14% || 0.89

|style="text-align:left;"|Gilles Rhéaume | 12 || – || – || – || 4,607 || 10,816 || 0.14% || 0.31

|style="text-align:left;"|Christine Robidoux | 30 || – || – || – || 4,245 || 4,245 || 0.12% ||New

|style="text-align:left;"|André Perron | 11 || – || – || – || 3,846 || 3,846 || 0.11% ||New

|style="text-align:left;"|Jean-Paul Poulin | 11 || – || – || – || 2,973 || 1,323 || 0.09% || 0.04

|style="text-align:left;"| | 10 || – || – || – || 2,203 || 394 || 0.06% || 0.01

| || 11 || – || – || – || 1,799 || 441 || 0.05% || 0.02

|style="text-align:left;"|Marianne Roy | 10 || – || – || – || 808 || 26 || 0.02% ||–

| || 1 || – || – || – || 192 || 192 || 0.01% ||New |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total |557||122 ! " colspan="2"|125 ! " colspan="2"|3,408,909 ! " colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots | 92,159 | 39,534 | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Voter turnout | 3,501,068 | 36,836 | 75.69 | 0.73 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors | 4690,690 | 94,090 | colspan="2"|

Vote and seat summaries

+ Seats and popular vote by party Party Seats Votes Change (pp) /Unity

Synopsis of results