MONTREAL -- The Court of Quebec has granted the Parti Quebecois' request and ordered a judicial recount in the Champlain riding in the Mauricie region.
The PQ argued there were irregularities in the vote in the riding, which its candidate Rene Branchaud lost to the Conservative Adriana Szalontai by 191 votes.
Judge Eric Martel rejected several of the anomalies brought up by the party, but acknowledged that only a recount could shed light on the situation.
The PQ said there were discrepancies between the tally sheets and the number of ballots cast, while the Conservative party said these came from a mistake in recording the number of unused ballots.
The recount of the ballots cast on election day will begin Thursday at the Trois-Rivieres courthouse.
The PQ was also granted a recount in the Vachon riding, in the Monteregie region, where its candidate lost to the Liberal candidate by ten votes.
-- With information from Frederic Lacroix-Couture and Caroline Plante