1.   Pro-administration senators said they would contest the votes, which apparently came as a total surprise.

2.   After months of diplomatic pressure, Hun Sen allowed him to return to contest the vote.

3.   Both are Serbian citizens and cannot personally contest the vote.

4.   Chiluba was expected to win easily, even if Kaunda had been allowed to contest the vote.

5.   Gore is contesting the vote in several counties, principally vote-rich Miami-Dade County.

6.   Hun Sen permitted Ranariddh to return from post-coup exile to contest the vote in a bid to win back lost international legitimacy and aid.

7.   It said Mobutu, who has prostate cancer, was too ill to contest the vote.

8.   More than two dozen other parties also contested the vote, but none was expected to make a significant showing.

9.   More than two dozen parties contested the vote, but only the Democrats, Ivorian Popular Front and Rally of the Republicans were expected to make a significant showing.

10.   Strasser had not planned to contest the vote, because under the election law he is too young to be a candidate.