Canadian federal elections have provided the following results in Central Quebec.

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This area was one of the power bases for the Bloc Québécois for two decades. In fact, before 2011, the BQ won at least seven of its nine seats in each of the preceding four elections, losing Saint-Maurice (Jean Chrétien's old riding) in 1993, 1997 and 2000 and Portneuf in 2000, which both went Liberal. They swept all nine ridings in 2004, and in 2006 and 2008 lost only Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière to the Conservatives and Portneuf-Jacques-Cartier to independent candidate André Arthur.

Before the rise of Mulroney in 1984, this area was traditionally Liberal, except for Joliette (the only riding in Quebec that voted anything other than Liberal in 1980), and Lotbinière (which voted Social Credit in 1979). Mulroney's Conservatives swept the area in 1988, and 1984 (except for Chrétien's seat).

The 2011 NDP surge saw New Democrats sweeping all but two seats in the region, with the Conservatives and Bloc Québécois holding one each. In 2015, Bloc Québécois rebounded to take three more ridings, while the Liberals regained Saint-Maurice—Champlain. Bloc Québécois continued to regain its place in 2019, taking out the NDP.

Votes by party throughout time

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Election	Liberal	Bloc Québécois	New Democratic	Conservative	Green	PC	Reform / Alliance	Social Credit	Others
1979	180,520 54.6%	—	10,132 3.1%	—	—	65,566 19.8%	—	57,091 17.3%	17,125 5.2%
1980	201,928 63.1%	—	26,657 8.3%	—	—	71,297 22.3%	—	9,698 3.0%	10,656 3.3%
1984	122,290 33.3%	—	17,039 4.6%	—	No candidate	213,934 58.2%	—	—	14,366 3.9%
1988	85,664 23.0%	—	56,877 15.3%	—	7,877 2.1%	217,759 58.6%	—	—	3,482 0.9%
1993	108,726 26.9%	226,747 56.0%	4,132 1.0%	—	No candidate	58,666 14.5%	No candidate	—	6,564 1.6%
1997	100,304 25.5%	188,654 48.0%	6,172 1.6%	—	No candidate	95,181 24.2%	No candidate	—	3,085 0.8%
2000	155,710 37.3%	204,655 49.1%	5,247 1.3%	—	No candidate	18,551 4.4%	26,063 6.2%	—	6,880 1.6%
2004	98,817 23.2%	252,754 59.3%	13,852 3.3%	46,035 10.8%	12,259 2.9%	Merged into Conservative Party		—	2,367 0.6%
2006	42,3969 9.2%	224,855 48.0%	29,358 6.3%	134,839 28.8%	15,929 3.4%			—	20,529 4.4%
2008	75,203 16.2%	212,387 45.6%	53,097 11.4%	93,581 20.1%	14,905 3.2%			—	16,107 3.5%
2011	40,576 8.2%	138,443 27.8%	223,402 44.9%	66,743 13.4%	12,486 2.5%			—	15,569 3.1%
2015	141,558 26.9%	131,178 25.0%	131,007 24.9%	108,824 20.7%	10,078 1.9%			—	2,858 0.5%
2019	121,949 22.8%	219,889 41.2%	54,311 10.2%	110,431 20.7%	17,270 3.2%			—	9,917 1.9%
2021	115,940 22.5%	199,010 38.7%	46,765 9.1%	124,578 24.2%	6,126 1.2%			—	22,314 4.3%

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Vote share by party

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Number of votes by party

Election statistics in Eastern Quebec

Liberal   Conservative   New Democratic   Bloc Québécois   Green

Social Credit (defunct)   Alliance (defunct)   Progressive Conservative (defunct)

¹ Formerly held by Liberal Jean Chrétien.