1.   The SPD emerged as the strongest party in East Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden and several other cities.

2.   It was the strongest party in what used to be East Berlin, and came first in all districts there in the local elections that also took place yesterday.

3.   President Petar Stoyanov had no choice but to ask the Socialists to form the next government as well, because they remain the strongest party.

4.   President Petar Stoyanov has no choice but to ask the Socialists to form the next government as well, because they remain the strongest party.

5.   Consistently the strongest party in recent polls, the Liberals are considered likely to head the next government.

6.   Following the first round of elections, eight opposition political parties stopped campaigning for seats, trying to focus opposition votes on the strongest parties.

7.   Havel said he was told all three leaders of the current coalition agreed Klaus, as head of the strongest party, was the man to form the government.

8.   He said that as the strongest party, the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia would seek a mandate to form a new government.

9.   If no party wins a majority, as is likely this year, the strongest party forms a coalition.

10.   If no party wins a majority, as is likely, the strongest party forms a coalition.