11.   Prime ministers have acted as arbitrarily as any British viceroy, setting aside unwelcome provincial election results in Kerala, for example, and ignoring minority grievances at will.

12.   The new party leader will become premier, and must call a provincial election by next October.

13.   The poll figures indicate the party is in danger of being wiped out in the next provincial election.

14.   The ruling came as Quebec heads for provincial elections, likely to be called in the next six months.

15.   The treaty process quickly became an intense political issue, and is likely to resurface in provincial elections expected soon.

16.   The two parties contend for seats in provincial elections for local councils and in the British and European Parliaments.

17.   To move toward independence, Quebec separatists would have to win a provincial election later this year.

18.   Voters seemed to be chasing that contradictory dream in a provincial election whose outcome could be read in any number of ways.

19.   A nominee of Indian opposition leader Sonia Gandhi kept his office as the top official of an eastern state after winning a provincial election, officials said Wednesday.

20.   A lone arsonist set ablaze a provincial election bureau Saturday and destroyed voting materials, the day before crucial local and legislative elections, officials said.