21.   He nearly won a parliamentary seat in elections earlier this year.

22.   He would replace Ali Akbar Rafsanjani, who had so few votes by Saturday evening that it appeared he could lose his parliamentary seat.

23.   If the Liberal Democratic Party loses a significant number of parliamentary seats, Mori would likely be forced to resign.

24.   In another setback, both real and symbolic, four Umno cabinet ministers lost their parliamentary seats.

25.   In particular, the Liberal Democrats won two of the three parliamentary seats that were being contested in by-elections.

26.   In late May, eight Muslim parties announced a deal to share votes to boost their parliamentary seats.

27.   Indeed, Le Pen denounced what he called an anti-democratic electoral system that prevented his party from winning parliamentary seats in proportion to its share of the votes.

28.   Krzaklewski and Balcerowicz, the two polar ends of the new coalition, won their parliamentary seats in Silesia.

29.   Korzhakov annoyed his enemies this month by winning a parliamentary seat.

30.   Last Sunday, pro-government candidates won a larger-than-expected majority of parliamentary seats in a first round of elections in the central province of Mount Lebanon.