51.   Thailand held its first provincial council elections yesterday and the influence of national politicians was felt throughout the country.

52.   The ANC is also threatening to wrest control of KwaZulu-Natal from the IFP and take control of Western Cape province from the NNP in the provincial elections.

53.   That means provincial elections also will go ahead on Monday.

54.   The ANC had accused Inkatha of cheating in the provincial election last April.

55.   The anti-immigration Freedom Party lost support in provincial elections that appeared in part to reflect image problems of the right-wingers after less than a year in the federal government.

56.   The delegation included some observers, provincial election officials and journalists covering the trip of EU mission chief Glenys Kinnock to Kompong Cham.

57.   The Jammu-Kashmir Liberation Front, meanwhile, has called the provincial elections a sham.

58.   The Freedom Party already lost support in October and December in two provincial elections.

59.   The Freedom Party also lost support last fall in two provincial elections.

60.   The Jammu-Kashmir Liberation Front, meanwhile, has called the provincial elections a sham and urged a boycott.