Montreal Election Polls Are Closed & Plante's Early Lead Over Coderre Keeps Growing

Early results are in.

Valérie Plante | Facebook, Denis Coderre | Facebook

Staff Writer

It's official! The Montreal election polls have closed and the results are quickly rolling in.

Early results show incumbent mayor Valérie Plante and former mayor Denis Coderre neck and neck, with a total number of 25,839 votes counted at the time of writing.

According to Elections Montreal, Plante is maintaining a narrow lead with 47.71% of the vote share.

Denis Coderre, meanwhile, is coming in hot at 41.62% of the vote share.

Balarama Holness has 7.67% of vote share.

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Teddy Elliot
Teddy Elliot was a Staff Writer for MTL Blog. He was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec and has a B.A. in Literature. Teddy has been a journalist for three years and was once an English teacher. His creative work has appeared in The Blasted Tree and Parenthetical Magazine. When he's not chasing scoops, Teddy can be found cheering on Aston Villa and listening to 80s power ballads. He was shortlisted for a Digital Publishing Award in 2021.

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