1.   A string of bomb explosions and deadly clashes marred the polls, mostly in troubled northeastern Assam state and in West Bengal.

2.   Counting problems, fraud charges mar Indonesian poll.

3.   Even when Suharto was in power, tightly controlled polls were often marred by deadly violence.

4.   That parliamentary poll was marred by violence.

5.   The elections were generally smooth and free of the violence and intimidation that marred previous polls here.

6.   The elections were generally smooth and free of the widespread violence and intimidation that marred previous polls here.

7.   The opposition charged the polls were marred by fraud.

8.   The opposition believes the polls were marred by fraud.

9.   The polls were marred by personal attacks on Tang, who was accused by Goh and others of being an anti-Christian Chinese chauvinist.

10.   In its report, the Commonwealth observer mission said the poll was marred by widespread pre-election violence and abuses of state resources by the ruling party.