21.   The law forbids publication, diffusion and commentary on political opinion polls the week preceding an election.

22.   The political violence and unrest that preceded the election has continued in Zimbabwe.

23.   The past four presidential elections have been preceded by assurances of economic strength, immediately followed by crises that sent inflation, interest rates and unemployment soaring.

24.   The police presence was heavier than usual in the days preceding the election, but there was no sign of political tension.

25.   The police presence was heavier in the days preceding the election.

26.   This election was preceded by violent police crackdowns on pro-democracy rallies.

27.   In the four years preceding the election, many black pupils flocked to former whites-only schools in the suburbs leaving township schools carrying below capacity numbers.

28.   A period of re-registration will precede the elections.

29.   The trips precede state elections later this year in Kashmir, which Vajpayee has pledged will be free and fair.

30.   Under a peace accord signed in Abuja last August by all faction leaders, total disarmament was scheduled to precede elections.