Bloc aims for high-water mark in Quebec

Si la tendance se maintient, the Bloc Québécois will win a majority of Quebec seats in the next election for the seventh consecutive time. The next election will also be Gilles Duceppe’s sixth as head of the party, making him the undisputed greybeard of the five federal leaders.

The rest of the article can be read on The Globe and Mail website. It's my second in a series of five covering each of the main federal parties.

Here are the full listings of the ridings and their classification for the Bloc Québécois.

FORTRESS RIDINGS (25)

Montcalm
La Pointe-de-l'Île
Rivière-du-Nord
Repentigny
Bas-Richelieu - Nicolet - Bécancour
Terrebonne - Blainville
Joliette
Verchères - Les Patriotes
Rosemont - La Petite-Patrie
Chambly - Borduas
Laurier - Sainte-Marie
Saint-Jean
Sherbrooke
Beauharnois - Salaberry
Argenteuil - Papineau - Mirabel
Hochelaga
Abitibi - Témiscamingue
Châteauguay - Saint-Constant
Saint-Hyacinthe - Bagot
Rivière-des-Mille-Îles
Rimouski-Neigette - Témiscouata - Les Basques
Berthier - Maskinongé
Longueuil - Pierre-Boucher
Saint-Bruno - Saint-Hubert
Manicouagan

SECURE RIDINGS (18)

Montmorency - Charlevoix - Haute-Côte-Nord
Shefford
Marc-Aurèle-Fortin
Trois-Rivières
Laurentides - Labelle
Saint-Maurice - Champlain
Compton - Stanstead
Vaudreuil - Soulanges
Richmond - Arthabaska
Québec
Drummond
Gaspésie - Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Laval
Alfred-Pellan
Abitibi - Baie-James - Nunavik - Eeyou
Saint-Lambert
Louis-Hébert
Chicoutimi - Le Fjord

VULNERABLE RIDINGS (5)

Haute-Gaspésie - La Mitis - Matane - Matapédia
Ahuntsic
Gatineau
Brome - Missisquoi
Jeanne - Le Ber

TARGETED RIDINGS (6)

Brossard - La Prairie
Portneuf - Jacques-Cartier
Roberval - Lac-Saint-Jean
Beauport - Limoilou
Papineau
Montmagny - L'Islet - Kamouraska - Rivière-du-Loup

POTENTIAL RIDINGS (10)

Pontiac
Charlesbourg - Haute-Saint-Charles
Jonquière - Alma
Hull - Aylmer
Honoré-Mercier
LaSalle - Émard
Laval - Les Îles
Mégantic - L'Érable
Lévis - Bellechasse
Louis-Saint-Laurent

UNASSAILABLE (11)

Bourassa
Lotbinière - Chutes-de-la-Chaudiére
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce - Lachine
Beauce
Saint-Léonard - Saint-Michel
Outremont
Saint-Laurent - Cartierville
Pierrefonds - Dollard
Westmount - Ville-Marie
Lac-Saint-Louis
Mount Royal