81.   Political insiders told AFP that with the parliamentary proceedings out of the way, the poll would be held in mid-May.

82.   Prime Minister Man Mohan Adhikari on Friday asked King Birendra to disband parliament and hold new polls within six months.

83.   Russian electoral law stipulates that polls must be held on a non-working day.

84.   Rao said the polls would be held on schedule no matter what.

85.   Sahni also said a special law granting privileged status to Kashmir should be scrapped before polls were held in the disputed province.

86.   The commission added the Congress was required to hold organisational polls every two years but had not held any for five years.

87.   The final polls were held Sunday, handing a five-year mandate to a centre-right government that has pledged to be tough on law-and-order issues.

88.   The final polls were held Sunday.

89.   The Indian government had wanted to hold the polls in July this year, but postponed them at the eleventh hour.

90.   The MCP says there should be a fresh registration of voters before the poll is held.