Ralliement national (RN) (in

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: "National Rally") was a

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and

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provincial

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that advocated the

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from

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in the 1960s. The party was led by former '' créditiste''

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. Unlike the Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale led by

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, a left-wing party, the ''Ralliement national'' was more right of centre on the political spectrum. The ''Ralliement national'' was formed in 1966 following a merger between the Regroupement national (a dissident wing of Bourgault's RIN) and a pro-independence group that broke away from the Ralliement des créditistes in 1965. In the

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, the Ralliement national and the Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale won about 8.8% of the popular vote and no seats. In 1968, the Ralliement national agreed to merge with René Lévesque's

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to form the

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under Lévesque's leadership. After that, Pierre Bourgault disbanded the RIN and invited its members to join the new PQ. At that point, sovereigntist forces in Quebec were united, and three elections later, the PQ won the

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, with historic consequences.

Election results

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National Assembly historical information

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