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Separatists win Quebec election in test for Canada PM’s national unity strategy

Parti Quebecois supporters cheer and hold up a flag on election night
Parti Quebecois supporters cheer as the separatist party won provincial elections in Quebec, with a promise to hold a vote on leaving Canada after US president Donald Trump leaves office. Photograph: Canadian Press/Shutterstock

The separatist Parti Québécois (PQ) won Quebec’s provincial election on Monday but fell short of enough seats to govern alone, returning to power with a promise to hold another referendum on independence from Canada.

The result returns Paul St-Pierre Plamondon’s party to power for the first time in more than a decade but denies it the majority it sought, forcing the separatists to rely on opposition parties even as they try to revive Quebec’s independence debate.

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