11.   That would have allowed the ruling party to retain the mayoral post.

12.   The opposition National Action Party retained the mayoral post in the largest Mexican city along the U.S. border, unofficial ballot returns showed on Sunday.

13.   The opposition National Action Party was leading in votes late Sunday night to retain the mayoral post in the largest Mexican city along the U.S. border.

14.   The Mexico City mayoral post would give him a strong launchpad for a candidacy.

15.   The opposition has won mayoral posts in several cities surrounding the capital and half the seats in the legislatures of states of Mexico, Hidalgo and Coahuila.

16.   The opposition Union of Democratic Forces won the mayoral posts in the capital, Sofia, and the second- and third-largest cities, Plovdiv and Varna.

17.   The party won a majority of city council seats and captured all six district mayoral posts in the Bucharest area.

18.   Three top representatives of the nationalistic Slovak National Party, including the party chairman and vice-chairman, also won mayoral posts.

19.   Immigration is a politically sensitive issue in France, where the far right and anti-immigrant National Front won three mayoral posts in local elections this month.

20.   They also said Carginon had submitted a letter pledging not to seek reelection to his mayoral post in Grenoble.