11.   Bondevik leads a non-socialist minority coalition of his Christian Democrats, the larger Conservative Party and the tiny Liberals.

12.   Elections - the second time in two years - were called after Congress withdrew support from the minority coalition of prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral last month.

13.   Further defections would seriously weaken Barak, who is already governing with a minority coalition.

14.   He might try to form a fragile minority coalition.

15.   He resigned last week after less than a year in office, complaining that strife within his three-party minority coalition had made his government untenable.

16.   Her delaying tactics showed how vulnerable Vajpayee will be to the whims of the diverse parties comprising the minority coalition.

17.   However, there is not enough time for the minority coalition to make sweeping changes and lobby support before parliament must pass a budget for next year.

18.   Meanwhile, politicians led by Congress tried to avert early elections by cobbling together a substitute for the minority coalition likely to fall if a confidence vote is held.

19.   Mrs. Ciller and Yilmaz joined forces in March, overlooking past rivalries, to form a minority coalition to block the Islamists from power.

20.   Nyrup Rasmussen is leader of the Social Democrats, the larger of the two parties in the governing minority coalition.