21.   The two other main contenders were better known figures.

22.   The vote Monday is thus not expected to be decisive in the fortunes of any of the four main contenders.

23.   What do the two main contenders have going for them?

24.   Other main contenders in the election were the fiercely anti-Islamic Rally for Culture and Democracy and the Front for Socialist Forces.

25.   Other main contenders are the fiercely anti-Islamic Rally for Culture and Democracy and the Front for Socialist Forces.

26.   Pound is the other main contender, with Anita DeFrantz of the United States and Pal Schmitt of Hungary as outsiders.

27.   Pre-election polls give Governor Pedro Rosello of the New Progressive Party, a slight edge against his main contender Hector Luis Acevedo of the Popular Democratic Party.

28.   Polls show the two are the main contenders in a close race.

29.   Polls show Zyuganov and Yeltsin as the main contenders in a close race.

30.   A hard-line presidential candidate on Monday withdrew from the race and threw his support behind Gennady Zyuganov, the main Communist contender.