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MONTREAL, March 26 (UPI) -- Polls opened Monday for 5.6 million Quebec voters in a three-way provincial race pollsters said was too close to call.
There are 125 seats in the province's National Assembly in Quebec City and incumbent Premier Jean Charest of the Liberal Party is hoping to secure at least a minority government, the Montreal Gazette reported.
The Liberals are facing stiff opposition from the separatist Parti Quebecois under leader Andre Boisclair and the center-right Action Democratique du Quebec under leader Mario Dumont.
Campaigning Sunday, Boisclair told voters if they didn't vote for the Parti Quebecois, they would end up with a minority government.
"Voting for the ADQ means running the risk of getting stuck with Jean Charest as premier of a Liberal government," Boisclair said.
There are 10 other smaller parties fielding candidates in the election as well, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., reported.
About 10 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots in advance polls.
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