31.   Lawmakers elected Wahid president after he pieced together a coalition through savvy political deal-making, even though his party did not win the most parliamentary seats.

32.   National gun owners groups tried to defeat Justice Minister Anne McLellan, but she clung to her parliamentary seat in Alberta.

33.   No single party was able to win a majority of parliamentary seats so a coalition will have to be formed by two or three parties.

34.   One of the parties of former left-wing guerrillas, known as the FMLN, doubled its parliamentary seats and won many important mayoralties.

35.   The allocation of parliamentary seats is still incomplete.

36.   The allocation of Parliamentary seats, following an almost incomprehensible formula, will veer away from the percentages that Habibie confirmed today.

37.   The Islamic-leaning Welfare Party, led by Erbakan, won the largest number of parliamentary seats.

38.   The latest polls suggest the ex-communists could win enough parliamentary seats to prevent the main parties from forming a government except on their terms.

39.   The main Russian party is running commercials in Russian exhorting voters to give it more parliamentary seats than Shas.

40.   The parliamentary seat here has been held for years by the Conservative whip, Sir David Lightbown.