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Justin Trudeau is narrowly leading the pack of candidates in his home riding of Papineau, a new poll suggests.

The Mainstreet/Postmedia poll shows a tight race is unfolding in the Montreal riding with Trudeau leading by a slim five percentage points.

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Trudeau, the Liberal leader, has the support of 33 per cent of voters compared with 28 per cent for New Democratic Party challenger Anne Lagacé Dowson, the poll says.

Support for Bloc Québécois candidate Maxime Claveau and Conservative candidate Yvon Vadnais is pegged at 9 per cent each but the undecided rate is high, 21 per cent, showing the race to the Oct. 19 federal election is far from over.

Mainstreet surveyed 783 voters in the riding through calls toland lines and cellphones. With a sample this size the margin of error is plus or minus 3.49 per cent 19 times out of 20.

The sample is twice the size of another poll conducted in Papineau, that one by CROP on behalf of the NDP, which showed Trudeau trailing. The Liberal electoral war room has questioned the methodology of the CROP poll.