11.   Another opposition lawmaker surrendered to a magistrate after he allegedly shot and injured a governing party candidate during an argument on Wednesday.

12.   Angry citizens are expected to vote against governing party candidates in the polls for mayors and provincial governors.

13.   Governing party candidates fared well in the first round.

14.   Government-controlled newspapers and three television stations carry extensive reports about governing party candidates during campaigning and generally critical stories about the opposition.

15.   Mr Kim is in a virtual dead heat with the governing Grand National Party candidate Lee Hoi Chang, who said he would abide by the accord.

16.   Opposition leader Patrick Manning has threatened to boycott Parliament if he loses the court challenge against the two governing party candidates.

17.   On Sunday, opposition activists beat up seven governing party candidates in some northern and southern districts, Ittefaq and Janakatha newspapers said.

18.   Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega conceded defeat Monday to the governing party presidential candidate Enrique Bolanos, who had once imprisoned by a past Ortega government.

19.   The governing party candidate, Vice President Jacinto Peynado, came in a distant third.

20.   The most serious incident of campaign violence was the shooting death of governing party candidate Nalanda Ellawala.