31.   The latest polls indicate that the two main parties are neck and neck.

32.   Most recent opinion polls suggest that the gap between the two main parties has narrowed.

33.   Intensive negotiations between the main parties preceded the vote.

34.   The other main parties in the coalition are the Rassemblement National des Indpendants and the Parti national dmocrate.

35.   All of the other main political parties lost seats.

36.   The election produced little real change in the relative strength of the other three main parties.

37.   Both of the two main parties are loose federal alliances of local, state and regional organizations.

38.   All the main parties except the communist Party of the Left and the Greens expressed their support for the move.

39.   Following the elections the main pro-military parties met with the leading members of the junta to attempt to form a workable coalition.

40.   Sections of the Yemeni press linked the trouble to agitation by the main Islamic party, the Yemeni Rally for Reforms.