New CROP poll shows Plante and Coderre neck-and-neck as mayoral race draws to an end

A new CROP poll commissioned by Radio-Canada and released Monday morning shows incumbent Mayor Denis Coderre and challenger Valérie Plante in a dead heat with less than a week to go before Montrealers head to the polls.

The poll shows that Projet Montréal’s Plante has a two-point lead over Coderre with 39 per cent of those polled saying they favoured Plante, while 37 per cent backed Coderre and 17 per cent were undecided.

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With a margin of error of three percentage points, the results suggest the race is anyone’s to win.

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Conducted between Oct. 19-24, the survey included 1,094 respondents.

Advance polls were held on Sunday and the returning officer confirmed that 74,733 electors representing 6.54 per cent of registered voters had cast a ballot.

In 2013, voter turnout at the advance poll was 5.58 per cent.

READ MORE: Your guide to voting in Montreal’s 2017 municipal election

Global News will have live coverage and up-to-the-minute results for the municipal elections taking place in Greater Montreal on Sunday, Nov. 5.

Get the live Montreal election results here.

Polling stations will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.