31.   Lebed, who aspires to be president, gave up his parliament seat after being appointed national security chief over the summer.

32.   Lavalas candidates won more than three-fourths of parliament seats in recent elections.

33.   Lukashenko also reiterated his warning that he will introduce direct presidential rule if the election fails to fill enough parliament seats.

34.   Moradi, a hard-liner, won his parliament seat after the Guardian Council canceled the election of Rahman Kargosha, a pro-reform candidate.

35.   Mustafa Bakry, who ran against Mahgoub for a parliament seat last November, said he had documents proving the corruption allegations.

36.   None of the parties that are expected to win parliament seats want to change the economic reforms that have made Estonia the success story of the former Soviet republics.

37.   None of the parties that are expected to win parliament seats want to tamper with economic reforms that have made Estonia the success story of the former Soviet republics.

38.   Opposition leaders have argued that a pure majority system would allow shady businessmen with ill-gotten wealth to buy parliament seats by paying off voters in electoral districts.

39.   One other parliament seat remains vacant after ethnic Albanian lawmaker Hisni Shaqiri left to join the rebels.

40.   One other parliament seat remains vacant after deputy Hisni Shaqiri left to join the rebels.