71.   The opposition, which needs only a small shift in voting patterns to win, also expects Labor to put up a dogged fight.

72.   The step has been taken to stop any influence the results may have on voting pattern.

73.   There was no immediate breakdown on local turnout, but the overall voting pattern suggested that another round would be necessary in most jurisdictions.

74.   Topping the poll this time owed more to the fractured voting pattern on the Protestant side.

75.   Village, regional, clan and family loyalties are the main influences over voting patterns.

76.   Voting patterns are often decided on communal lines.

77.   Bosnia is still severly divided along ethnic lines and voting patterns demonstrated that.

78.   But in a state where caste and religion have traditionally defined voting patterns, some observers believe the BJP tactics of marginalising local issues could backfire.

79.   Director of political research at the MORI polling organisation, Simon Barunholtz, said that there is a link between housing tenure and voting patterns in Britain.

80.   Fan defended the independence of the body, and its unanimous voting pattern.