1.   He plans to contest a seat on Cookstown district council in the May elections.

2.   His wife is contesting a seat on the council.

3.   She plans to contest a seat in Congress next year.

4.   KMT mavericks contested seats without official party endorsement and generally performed better than their mainstream counterparts, attacking alleged corruption within the mainstream ranks.

5.   Thirty-five lower house seats were contested in the province.

6.   Only the two front-runners from the last round were eligible to contest each seat.

7.   Only the two front-runners from the last round can contest each seat.

8.   Although it contests seats, Sinn Fein members refuse to sit in the House of Commons as a protest against British rule.

9.   Critics say the bill is undemocratic and that all seats should be contested on merit.

10.   Five seats are being contested in Cheng San, in the northern part of the island.