11.   All but the two with the most votes are allowed into the second round runoff.

12.   But if he stood down, it would be a boost for the French right and mean almost certainly a second round runoff between Balladur and Chirac.

13.   Early exit poll trends showed President Boris Yeltsin ahead of Zyuganov in the crucial second round runoff of the Russian presidential elections.

14.   The second runoff was held Sunday.

15.   Yeltsin is widely expected to face Zyuganov in a decisive second round runoff in July.

16.   Zyuganov, who is forecast to face Yeltsin in a decisive second round runoff in early July, shunned the media razmatazz favoured by the incumbent.

17.   Opinion polls forecast that Yeltsin and Zyuganov would top the poll and fight it out in a second round runoff in early July.

18.   Opinion polls forecast that Yeltsin and Zyuganov would top the presidential poll and fight it out in a second round runoff in early July.

19.   Opinion polls have forecast that Yeltsin and Zyuganov will come top in the first round and will face each other in a decisive second round runoff in early July.