CAQ keeps northern Quebec seat in Ungava recount

The Coalition AvenirQubecwill hold on to its seat in the northern Quebec riding of Ungava.

A recount had been requested by the second-place Parti Qubcois.

With the recount, CAQ candidateDenis Lamothewas shown to have won the riding by 46 votes up two from the vote count on election night.

The Quebec Liberal Party held the seat before the election.

Ungava is the province's northernmost riding covering almost half of the province's land mass.

The PQ's win inles-de-la-Madeleinewas upheld in a recount, and the party gained a seat in Gasp after the Liberal win in that riding was reversed.

With files from La Presse Canadienne