21.   Independent candidates and small opposition groups won the other eight parliament seats.

22.   India may set aside parliament seats for women.

23.   Israelis apparently felt freer to vote for sectarian and special interest parties for parliament seats after casting ballots for the Likud or Labor prime minister candidate.

24.   Israelis will cast a second ballot for a party, with parliament seats distributed in proportion to the vote.

25.   It also promised to offer free education and set aside a third of parliament seats for women, but set no schedule for those goals.

26.   It was not clear if it would earn any parliament seats.

27.   Kozyrev won a parliament seat in December and had to choose between the legislature and the Cabinet, as Russian law forbids lawmakers from serving in both simultaneously.

28.   Kozyrev, who had been under tremendous pressure for months, had to choose between remaining foreign minister and accepting a parliament seat he won in December.

29.   Kumaratunga also wants to change the voting system to reflect the actual popularity of political parties when parliament seats are allocated.

30.   Last week, after winning a parliament seat in the northern city of Murmansk, the foreign minister met with Yeltsin to discuss his political future.