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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2003 Quebec general election
| country = Quebec
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour = no
| party_name = no
| previous_election = 1998 Quebec general election
| previous_year = 1998
| previous_mps = 36th Quebec Legislature
| next_election = 2007 Quebec general election
| next_year = 2007
| elected_members = 38th Quebec Legislature
| seats_for_election = 125 seats in the [[37th Quebec Legislature]]
| majority_seats = 63
| turnout = 70.42% ({{decrease}}7.9%)
| election_date = April 14, 2003
| image1 = [[File:Jean Charest de face (Novembre 2010).png|x160px]]
| colour1 = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|nohash}}
| leader1 = [[Jean Charest]]
| leader_since1 = April 30, 1998
| party1 = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|name}}
| leaders_seat1 = [[Sherbrooke (provincial electoral district)|Sherbrooke]]
| last_election1 = 48 seats, 43.55%
| seats1 = 76
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}28
| popular_vote1 = 1,755,863
| percentage1 = 45.99%
| swing1 = {{increase}}2.44%
| image2 = [[File:Bernard Landry2- (cropped).jpg|x160px]]
| colour2 = {{Canadian party colour|QC|PQ|nohash}}
| leader2 = [[Bernard Landry]]
| leader_since2 = March 2, 2001
| party2 = {{Canadian party colour|QC|PQ|name}}
| leaders_seat2 = [[Verchères (provincial electoral district)|Verchères]]
| last_election2 = 76 seats, 42.87%
| seats2 = 45
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}31
| popular_vote2 = 1,269,183
| percentage2 = 33.24%
| swing2 = {{decrease}}9.63%
| image3 = [[File:MarioDumont.JPG|x160px]]
| colour3 = {{Canadian party colour|QC|ADQ|nohash}}
| leader3 = [[Mario Dumont]]
| leader_since3 = May 11, 1994
| party3 = {{Canadian party colour|QC|ADQ|name}}
| leaders_seat3 = [[Rivière-du-Loup (electoral district)|Rivière-du-Loup]]
| last_election3 = 1 seat, 11.81%
| seats3 = 4
| seat_change3 = {{increase}}3
| popular_vote3 = 694,122
| percentage3 = 18.18%
| swing3 = {{increase}}6.37%
| map_image = Quebec general election, 2003 results by riding.svg
| map_size = 410px
| map_caption = Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding. Click the map for more details.
| title = Premier
| before_election = [[Bernard Landry]]
| before_party = {{Canadian party colour|QC|PQ|name}}
| after_election = [[Jean Charest]]
| posttitle = Premier after election
| after_party = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|name}}
}}

The '''2003 Quebec general election''' was held on October 3. [[Jean Charest]]'s [[Quebec Liberal Party]] won a majority of seats and [[Bernard Landry]]'s [[Parti Québécois]] formed the opposition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dgeq.qc.ca/francais/provincial/resultats-electoraux/elections-generales.php?e=12&s=1&c=tous#s |title=Résultats officiels par circonscription (Afficher toutes les circonscriptions) |work=Directeur général des élections du Québec |language=fr |access-date=February 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112032031/http://dgeq.qc.ca/francais/provincial/resultats-electoraux/elections-generales.php?e=12&s=1&c=tous#s |archive-date=January 12, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the [[Champlain (provincial electoral district)|Champlain]] electoral district, there was a tie between PQ candidate [[Noëlla Champagne]] and Liberal candidate [[Pierre-A. Brouillette]]. A new election was held on May 20 and was won by Champagne by 642 votes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2003/05/21/qc_revote20030521.html |title=PQ wins revote in Champlain |date=May 21, 2003 |publisher=CBC News |access-date=March 18, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.electionsquebec.qc.ca/corpo/english/general-elections-provincial.asp?bsq=Champlain&section=resultats_gen&even='2003'&mode='n3'#resul |title=Champlain (New election – May 20, 2003) |publisher=Elections Quebec |access-date=March 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112013755/http://www2.electionsquebec.qc.ca/corpo/english/general-elections-provincial.asp?bsq=Champlain&section=resultats_gen&even='2003'&mode='n3'#resul |archive-date=January 12, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:General elections in Canada]]
[[Category:2000s elections in Canada]]
[[Category:2003 in Canada]]
[[Category:2000s in Quebec]]
[[Category:Elections in Quebec]]