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The Bloc Québécois put an end to the judicial recount in Montreal’s Hochelaga riding Monday, confirming the victory of Liberal candidate Soraya Martinez Ferrada.

During the first day of recounting ballots before a judge, the party conceded that the Liberal lead over Bloc candidate Simon Marchand was too large to overturn the Oct. 21 result.

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After opening boxes with apparently erroneous preliminary results, a small difference in vote totals was observed, but the tendency was not strong enough to close the gap.

On election night, Martinez Ferrada was declared the winner with a lead of 328 votes. On Monday evening, Elections Canada reduced the official lead to 319 votes.

Another judicial recount begins Tuesday in the riding of Quebec, where Liberal Jean-Yves Duclos was re-elected by 325 votes over Bloc candidate Christiane Gagnon. Both ridings showed a discrepancy between the final result and the total number of ballots in ballot boxes.