31.   But in six recent regional parliamentary polls and the June European parliament election, the FDP had polled less than five percent.

32.   But the official did not say whether presidential elections would be held simultaneously with the parliamentary poll as earlier indicated.

33.   The opposition has been staging demonstrations and strikes in protest of mid-February parliamentary polls which was boycotted by the opposition.

34.   The outfit had issued a similar threat during the parliamentary polls in Kashmir in May, but failed to carry it out.

35.   The PA ended the UNP rule at the August parliamentary polls on a platform of campaign against bribery and corruption and alleged widespread human rights abuses by the UNP.

36.   The parliamentary polls produced for the first time a system of government where the executive president was from one party and the prime minister from a different party.

37.   The same day, the Communist Party, which swept to victory in the December parliamentary polls, nominated its leader Gennady Zyuganov as a presidential candidate.

38.   The parliamentary poll is proportional and held in one round.

39.   The simultaneous parliamentary polls should be more evenly matched, with opposition parties that are not fielding presidential candidates expected to win seats.

40.   The opposition has accused the president of trying to use the alleged political purge for political gains ahead of parliamentary polls next April.