Voters cast ballots in municipal elections across Quebec

Quebecerscast ballots at 858 municipalities across the province today.

Polling stations closed at8 p.m.

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As of 4 p.m., a total of 31.59 per cent of eligible votershad cast their ballots in Montreal this includes electors who voted in advance, according tolection Montral.

In 2013, 43 per cent of eligibleMontreal voters exercised their democratic right to vote in the municipal election.

In Montreal, a poll done in mid-October suggested avirtual tie between the two main candidates vying for the mayor's seat: Denis Coderre, the incumbent,andValrie Plante of Projet Montral.

In RosemontLa-Petite-Patrie this morning, Plante cast her ballot surrounded by cameras.

"I am extremely proud of the ideas that we've put forward, of the vision we've presented, of the work of my team on the ground," she said.

Coderre, for his part, voted right after polls openedin Montreal North.

"The population now has the floor," said Coderre. "We deserve their confidence. We hope to have their confidence and their support."

What are the races looking like?

TheCte-des-NeigesNotre-Dame-de-Grce borough's mayoral raceis also shaping up to be tight, asProjetMontral'snewcomer and former journalist Sue Montgomery attempts to beat incumbentRussell Copeman.

Copeman is seeking his second mandate as borough mayor and running withquipe Coderre.

Meanwhile, manyin Pierrefonds-Roxboroare still feeling theeffects of the flooding that devastated the area last spring. Throughout the campaign period, the city's flood response has been a hot topic.

Westmount has a three-way race between the town's interim mayor, Christina Smith, who replaced longtime mayor Peter Trent when he retired. Smith is being challenged by Suburban newspaper editor BerylWajsmanand city councillor Patrick Martin.

In Saint-Lambert, candidates are arguing for new rules that could replace the suburb'sprohibition-era alcohol regulationsand presenting initiativesthat would re-introduce bars to the area.

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In the Eastern Townships, Sherbrooke's campaignhas focused on revitalizing the city's core, with candidates offering competing visions of how to do so.

And in Saguenay, afresh face will be voted in toreplaceMayor Jean Tremblay, who is retiring after 20 years in office.

In the capital, Quebec City electors will have to decide whether to re-elect incumbent Rgis Labeaume, nicknamed "King Rgis" for his brash manner and imperial style, or to go with one of the two people running against him.

There are still many municipalities in Quebec where candidates are running unopposed.However, some of the most interesting races are in Quebec's small and far-flung communities: In Blanc-Sablon, two womenare hashing out their competing visions of the future for the villageon Quebec's Lower North Shore.

A snapshot in numbers

Come Monday morning, there will be many new faceson municipal councils, as well as somefamiliar ones.

According to the province's Municipal Affairs Ministry, there are a total of 12,924 people vying for one of the 8,015 mayor or councillor positions across Quebec.

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Thirty one per cent are women, which is up from 2013, when only 25 per cent of candidates were women.

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