61.   Eleven other parties failed a five-percent minimum required for seats in parliament.

62.   Eleven other parties failed to receive the five percent minimum required for seats in the Parliament, according to the exit poll.

63.   For many, opposition parties fail to offer a viable alternative.

64.   Four opposition parties have failed to agree on a joint candidate.

65.   Hence the governing party failed to muster the majority required to elect their candidate to head the State Savings Bank.

66.   His party failed to capture a single seat in Bangkok this year.

67.   He succeeds Jerzy Buzek, who is due to resign with the seating Friday of a new parliament in which the government party failed to retain a single seat.

68.   His main complaint is that the established parties have failed to help the average Thai, especially poor farmers.

69.   However, the Islamic parties failed to muster universal support for the general strike.

70.   If the parties concerned fail to arrive at a settlement, Ekran would expect to remain committed to its obligations under the terms of the principal agreements.