11.   However, the deal does not amount to an electoral pact, and candidates from both parties will fight each other at the election.

12.   In preparation for the elections, Netanyhau last week initialled an electoral pact with the smaller nationalist Tsomet party.

13.   Conservative religious factions within Likud are particularly opposed to any electoral pact with Tsomet.

14.   The ruling party of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic has formed an electoral pact with the Yugoslav Left group led by his wife Mira Markovic, it was announced Monday.

15.   To maximise their chances they made electoral pacts with other parties and agreed to support independent, tribal and other candidates not linked to the government.

16.   To maximise their chances the Islamists have made electoral pacts with other parties and agreed to support independent, tribal and other candidates not linked to the government.

17.   Semangat has also accused PAS of renegading on electoral pacts, sometimes fielding candidates in constituencies allocated to Semangat.

18.   The front had demanded an electoral pact with the RPR and the UDF, but was turned down.