Despite these, and despite ongoing polling placing the two neck-and-neck, Plante ultimately won the mayoralty with 51.2% of the vote compared to 37.3% for Coderre.
Pending recounts, Projet Montréal also increased its seat total on city council from 34 after the last election to 37 after this one.
Following his defeat, Denis Coderre announced he would once more resign from political life, leaving his city council seat to his co-candidate[64] Chantal Rossi.
[2] On November 16, Aref Salem, councillor for Norman-McLaren district, was announced as interim leader of Ensemble Montréal.
[65] Despite a prominent campaign, Balarama Holness's Mouvement Montréal party failed to win any seats.