| Election Name: | 1881 Quebec general election |
| Country: | Quebec |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | no |
| Party Name: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1878 Quebec general election |
| Previous Year: | 1878 |
| Next Election: | 1886 Quebec general election |
| Next Year: | 1886 |
| Seats For Election: | 65 seats in the 5th Legislative Assembly of Quebec 33 seats needed for a majority |
| Election Date: | December 2, 1881 |
| Leader1: | Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau |
| Leader Since1: | 1878 |
| Leaders Seat1: | Terrebonne |
| Last Election1: | 32 seats 49.5% popular vote |
| Seats1: | 49 |
| Seat Change1: | 17 |
| Popular Vote1: | 49,152 |
| Percentage1: | 50.4% |
| Swing1: | 0.9% |
| Leader2: | Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière |
| Leader Since2: | 1869 |
| Leaders Seat2: | Lotbinière |
| Last Election2: | 31 seats 47.5% popular vote |
| Seats2: | 15 |
| Seat Change2: | 16 |
| Popular Vote2: | 38,020 |
| Percentage2: | 39.0% |
| Swing2: | 8.5% |
| Premier | |
| Posttitle: | Premier after election |
| Before Election: | Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau |
| Before Party: | Conservative |
| After Election: | Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau |
| After Party: | Conservative |
The 1881 Quebec general election was held on December 2, 1881, to elect members of the 5th Legislative Assembly for the Province of Quebec, Canada. The Quebec Conservative Party, led by Premier Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, defeated the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière.
| Party | Party Leader |
| Seats | Popular Vote | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1878 | Elected | % Change | % | % Change | < | --cand--> | 32 < | --prev--> | 49 < | --elected--> | +53.1% < | --%ch.seats--> | 49,152 < | --vote--> | 50.38% < | --%vote--> | +0.9% < | --%ch.votes--> | < | --cand--> | 31 < | --prev--> | 15 < | --elected--> | align="right" | -51.6% | 38 020 < | --vote--> | 38.97% < | --%vote--> | align="right" | -8.5% | Independent Conservative | < | --cand--> | 2 < | --prev--> | 1 < | --elected--> | align="right" | -50.0% | 10 387 < | --vote--> | 10.65% < | --%vote--> | +7.6% < | --%ch.votes--> | Other | < | --cand--> | align="right" | - | align="right" | - | align="right" | - | |||||
| Total | < | --cand--> | 65 < | --prev--> | 65 < | --elected--> | align="right" | - | < | --vote--> | 100% < | --%vote--> | < | --%ch.votes--> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||