Original sentence: The fallout from the sponsorship scandal allowed the Bloc to sweep the region in 2006 for the first time, although the Liberals gained the traditional Liberal seat of Brossard-La Praire back.The more rural ridings of Saint-Jean, Verchères--Les-Patriotes and Chambly--Borduas are BQ strongholds.Vaudreuil-Soulanges, west of Montreal, has a significant Anglophone population and can usually be expected to vote Liberal—its 2004 fall to the BQ on election night was one of the biggest surprises on election night
Edited sentence: The fallout from the sponsorship scandal allowed the Bloc to sweep the region in 2006 for the first time, although the Liberals gained the traditional Liberal seat of Brossard-La Prairie back, albeit with a judicial recount.The more rural ridings of Saint-Jean, Verchères--Les-Patriotes and Chambly--Borduas are Bloquist strongholds.Vaudreuil-Soulanges, west of Montreal, has a significant Anglophone population and can usually be expected to vote Liberal—its 2004 fall to the QB on election night was one of the biggest surprises on election night