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| | Election Name | Quebec general election, 1998 |
| Country | Quebec |
| Type | parliamentary |
| Ongoing | no |
| Previous Election | Quebec general election, 1994 |
| Previous Year | 1994 |
| Previous Mps | 35th National Assembly of Quebec |
| Next Election | Quebec general election, 2003 |
| Next Year | 2003 |
| Next Mps | 37th National Assembly of Quebec |
| Seats For Election | 125 seats in the 36th National Assembly of Quebec
63 seats were needed for a majority |
| Election Date | November 30, 1998 |
| Leader1 | Lucien Bouchard |
| Leader Since1 | 1996 |
| Party1 | Parti Québécois |
| Leaders Seat1 | Jonquière |
| Last Election1 | 77 |
| Seats1 | 76 |
| Seat Change1 | -1 |
| Popular Vote1 | 1,744,240 |
| Percentage1 | 42.87% |
| Swing1 | -1.88% |
| Leader2 | Jean Charest |
| Leader Since2 | 1998 |
| Party2 | Quebec Liberal Party |
| Leaders Seat2 | Sherbrooke |
| Last Election2 | 47 |
| Seats2 | 48 |
| Seat Change2 | +1 |
| Popular Vote2 | 1,771,858 |
| Percentage2 | 43.55% |
| Swing2 | -0.85% |
| Title | Premier |
| Before Election | Lucien Bouchard |
| Before Party | Parti Québécois |
| After Election | Lucien Bouchard |
| After Party | Parti Québécois |
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The Quebec general election of 1998 was held on November 30, 1998, to elect members of the National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Parti Québécois, led by Lucien Bouchard, won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Jean Charest.
After the narrow defeat of the PQ's proposal for political independence for Quebec in an economic union with the rest of Canada in the 1995 Quebec referendum, PQ leader Jacques Parizeau resigned. Bouchard left federal politics, where he was leader of the Bloc Québécois party in the Canadian House of Commons, to lead the Parti Québécois and become premier.
Jean Charest had also left federal politics, where he had been leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. Charest was initially seen as a bad fit for the Quebec Liberal Party, and for provincial politics. He later overcame this perception.
In terms of the number of seats won by each of the two parties, the result was almost identical to the previous 1994 general election. However, this time the Liberals actually won a slightly larger percentage of the popular vote, but nonetheless far fewer seats.
Mario Dumont, leader of the Action démocratique du Québec, repeated his success in winning his own seat, as he had done in the 1994 general election. However, his party also repeated its failure to elect any other member apart from its leader.
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