Lieutenant Governor Pierre Duchesne dissolved the National Assembly on August 1, 2012, following Premier Jean Charest's request.

[1] The Parti Québécois were elected to a minority government, with Pauline Marois becoming the first woman to be Premier of Quebec.

[4][5] The Commission de la représentation électorale performed a redistribution in 2011, which maintained the number of seats in the National Assembly at 125 for the next general election, making the following alterations:[36]

Matthew Babin (BP) Yves Marier (ÉA) Daniel Lachance (PUN) Jérôme Paquin (PN) Alain Pérusse (Ind.)

Véronique Durand (PC) Maxime Guérin (QCU) Hugues Fortin (ÉA) Julie Lachance (PN) Luc Duranleau (PI) Jean Lavoie (PCM) Martin Roussel (Ind.)

Marie Anny Gosselin (CC) Didier Provencher (ÉA) Linda Delmé (PCM) Marie-Paule Bertrand (Ind.)

Stéphane Chénier (ML) Raynald St-Onge (BP) Edson Emilio (QCU) Louis Provencher (PCM) Jean-Marc Labrèche (Ind.)

Carl Michaud (ÉA) Paul Biron (PUN) Patrick Vallières (PCM) Yvan Rodrigue (PÉ) Kamal Germanos Lutfi (Ind.)

Michel Lepage (PI) Dominique Favreau (CC) Jacques Pipon (PC) Gilles Alarie (Ind.)

Daniel Nicol (PC) Stéphane Gagné (PC) Stéphane Deschamps (PN) Thomas Gagné (QCU) Alexandre Bruneau (ÉA) Lise Gaudette (PUN) François Mailly (QCU) Yvon Sylva Aubé (PI) Steven Terranova (Ind.)