Original sentence: Under Clark and his successors, the NDP's approval rating dropped into the low teens and in the BC election of 2001 Campbell's Liberals defeated the NDP, taking 77 of 79 seats in the legislature
Edited sentence: In the election of 2001 Campbell's Liberals defeated Premier Dosanjh and the NDP, taking 77 of 79 seats in the legislature.On top of this, it was revealed that the NDP lied about eliminating the deficit in the 1996 campaign.The NDP's approval rating dropped into the low teens and stayed there under Clark's successors.Under Clark and his NDP successors, the government maintained a structural budget deficit left behind by the BC Social Credit Party, got involved in numerous minor scandals related to the issuing of permits to casinos (called "Casinogate," where Clark was forced to resign), the production of unsuitable catamaran ferries, constructed with the direct involvement of the government and fraught with cost-overruns and design blunders eventually costing taxpayers $500 million