TVA and Radio\u002DCanada declared Marie\u002DJosee Savard the next mayor of Quebec City after she surged to a commanding lead about half an hour after polls closed
The declarations were followed by a congratulatory tweet from Quebec Premier Francois Legault, who said he was looking forward to working with Savard.
By 11 p.m., Bruno Marchand had inched into the lead and Legault had deleted his congratulatory tweet, posting another saying he’d spoken too soon and would wait for the final results before congratulating the winner. “Our system isn’t infallible, but what happened last night remains an exceptional situation,” it said.“At the time Ms. Savard was declared elected, a significant number of had been counted and the trend was holding. She was more than 5,000 votes ahead. When the trend reversed itself, we corrected the situation,” the network said. “Like all media, we declare candidates elected based on trends. We are sorry for this regrettable situation.
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