MONTREAL — Polls have closed in most of Quebec's roughly 1,100 municipalities after voters turned out Sunday to elect their local leaders.

In Montreal, voters are choosing a new mayor to replace Valérie Plante, who announced last year she would not seek a third term. Plante first led her party, the left-leaning Projet Montréal, to form government in 2017.

After eight years of Projet Montréal, Montrealers may be looking for a change. Polls have given an edge to Soraya Martinez Ferrada, a former federal Liberal minister and the leader of the city's main opposition party, the centrist Ensemble Montréal. Plante's successor at the helm of Projet Montréal is Luc Rabouin, mayor of one of Montreal's 19 boroughs.

Homelessness and housing affordability have emerged as major themes during the camp

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