11.   Because of this, he is extremely unpopular in his native province and faced a tough battle simply to retain his parliamentary seat.

12.   Blair flew to his native Scotland before making a final swing through the north of England, concentrating on closely fought parliamentary seats.

13.   A fuller picture awaited the completion of vote-counting for parliamentary seats, which was not expected until sometime later on Tuesday.

14.   But after being indicted, he resigned his parliamentary seat and declared that he would not run in the spring election unless he was promptly tried and cleared.

15.   But Conservatives suffered a shock loss of a parliamentary seat in the one by-election, in Romsey, southeast England, where the winner was a Liberal Democrat.

16.   But his Movement for Justice party fizzled, and early returns indicated his party might not win any of the seven parliamentary seats it sought.

17.   But for parliamentary seats the winner must obtain a majority.

18.   But the most contested item was an effort to move Italy closer to a two-party system by ridding it of the parliamentary seats that are allotted proportionally.

19.   But the jubilation over their sweep in June elections of more than a third of parliamentary seats has quickly dissolved into discontent.

20.   Erbakan was trying to inject new blood into the party and arranged for Gul to run for a parliamentary seat from Kayseri.