Nicolet-Bécancour is a provincial electoral district in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It notably includes the municipalities of Bécancour, Nicolet, Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, Daveluyville, Pierreville, Saint-François-du-Lac, Saint-Guillaume, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets and Saint-Wenceslas.

Nicolet-Bécancour
Quebec electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureNational Assembly of Quebec
MNA
 
 
 
Donald Martel
Coalition Avenir Québec
District created2011
First contested2012
Last contested2018
Demographics
Population (2011)49,310
Electors (2012)[1]39,261
Area (km²)[2]2,796.3
Pop. density (per km²)17.6
Census division(s)Arthabaska (part), Bécancour (part), Drummond (part), Nicolet-Yamaska (part)
Census subdivision(s)Aston-Jonction, Baie-du-Febvre, Bécancour, Daveluyville, Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent, Fortierville, Grand-Saint-Esprit, La Visitation-de-Yamaska, Lemieux, Maddington Falls, Manseau, Nicolet, Parisville, Pierreville, Saint-Bonaventure, Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults, Sainte-Cécile-de-Lévrard, Saint-Célestin (municipality), Saint-Célestin (village), Saint-Elphège, Sainte-Eulalie, Saint-François-du-Lac, Sainte-Françoise, Saint-Guillaume, Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, Sainte-Marie-de-Blandford, Sainte-Monique, Sainte-Perpétue, Saint-Pie-de-Guire, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard, Saint-Sylvère, Saint-Wenceslas, Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval; Odanak, Wôlinak.

It was created for the 2012 election from parts of the former Nicolet-Yamaska and Lotbinière electoral districts.[3]

Members of the National Assembly

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Legislature Years Member Party
Riding created from Nicolet-Yamaska and Lotbinière
40th  2012–2014     Donald Martel Coalition Avenir Québec
41st  2014–2018
42nd  2018–2022
43rd  2022–Present

Election results

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2022 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Donald Martel
Conservative Mario Lyonnais
Parti Québécois Philippe Dumas
Québec solidaire Jacques Thériault Watso
Liberal Marie-Josée Jacques
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Electors on the lists
2018 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Donald Martel 15,562 55.29 +16.65
Parti Québécois Lucie Allard 4,423 15.71 -6.55
Liberal Marie-Claude Durand 3,539 12.57 -15.24
Québec solidaire François Poisson 3,474 12.34 +4.42
Conservative Jessie Mc Nicoll 576 2.05 +0.54
Green Vincent Marcotte 403 1.43
Bloc Pot Blak D. Blackburn 170 0.6
Total valid votes 28,147 98.06
Total rejected ballots 556 1.94
Turnout 28,703 71.77 -2.43
Eligible voters 39,995
Coalition Avenir Québec hold Swing +11.6
Source(s)
"Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.


2014 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Donald Martel 11,168 38.64 +6.63
Liberal Denis Vallée 8,038 27.81 +5.34
Parti Québécois Jean-René Dubois 6,433 22.26 +3.72
Québec solidaire Marc Dion 2,290 7.92
Option nationale Marjolaine Lachapelle 638 2.21 -23.64
Conservative Guillaume Laquerre 333 1.15 +0.01
Total valid votes 28,900 98.27
Total rejected ballots 510 1.73
Turnout 29,410 74.20 -4.41
Electors on the lists 39,638
2012 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Donald Martel 9,745 32.01 +4.65
Option nationale Jean-Martin Aussant 7,869 25.85
Liberal Marc Descôteaux 6,840 22.47 -11.51
Parti Québécois Gilles Mayrand 5,644 18.54 -16.24
Conservative Mathieu Benoit 348 1.14
Total valid votes 30,446 98.54
Total rejected ballots 450 1.46
Turnout 30,896 78.61  
Electors on the lists 39,304
  Coalition Avenir Québec notional gain from Parti Québécois Swing +10.44

^ Change is from redistributed results; CAQ change is from ADQ

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