71.   Prime Minister John Major said he would carry on as leader and said his party will win the general election.

72.   Recent polls suggest that their party may win a large plurality of votes.

73.   Recruiting statewide candidates would be easier, Clay said, if the party wins the White House this year and gains seats in the General Assembly.

74.   Regional assembly elections allow many splinter parties to win seats under a proportional representation system, unlike the two-stage voting system that chooses the national Parliament.

75.   Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams argues just as persuasively as Trimble that his party won those seats in a democratic election, and are entitled to take them.

76.   So may the best party win and hang on as long as it does the job?

77.   Some people predict social unrest and possibly a civil war if the PRI party wins.

78.   Some say that he delayed confronting the problems and seeking help in part to improve the prospects that his party would win the presidential elections last December.

79.   Smaller parties won the remainder.

80.   Such a decision would help Blair fulfil his private determination to pick his own team of ministers if his party wins the next general election.