91.   A high percentage of voter participation favors smaller parties who have to clear a four percent hurdle to win seats in parliament.

92.   A top spot could prove to be important, especially to smaller parties.

93.   A smaller party took three seats.

94.   A new election has been promised by June next year, but under rule changes designed to boost the chances of smaller parties and weaken the popular Democrats.

95.   A smaller party, the Liberal Alliance, walked out Wednesday.

96.   A smaller Protestant party in the talks, the Progressive Unionists, shrugged off the prospect of Blair shaking hands with Adams.

97.   After the ballot each will try to negotiate with smaller parties to form a new coalition government.

98.   After Zeman, as premier, failed to negotiate a coalition government with smaller parties, he struck a stability pact with Klaus.

99.   An array of smaller parties trailed well behind.

100.   And while Fianna Fail was clearly the runaway winner, smaller parties also had heartening wins.