1.   The most disputed regional elections were cancelled by Hodge but the new elections again led to rightist triumph.

2.   This provided a pretext for the authorities to cancel the elections.

3.   Campaigning was seriously hampered by increasing political violence, however, and the election was cancelled shortly after polling had commenced.

4.   The SRC immediately cancelled the elections for a president and a vote which would confirm the appointment of the only candidate for senior vice-president and ordered an investigation.

5.   -- Yeltsin ordered the attack to force a political crisis in Moscow so he could justify postponing or canceling the elections.

6.   Abiola was from the southern Yoruba tribe, and the general who canceled the elections was from the North.

7.   After the generals canceled the election, the armed wing of the Islamic Salvation Front began the war.

8.   But on Tuesday, an appeals court reversed that ruling, and the extended election was canceled.