21.   One reason for the shift is that conservative parties are winning power and anti-immigrant parties have gained support.

22.   Right now there are two theories about which party will gain from this election.

23.   Still, Republicans think Bishop is vulnerable this fall, given the electoral momentum the party has gained in the South over the past few years.

24.   The party also gained three seats in the New Jersey General Assembly.

25.   The struggle has become more acute in recent years, as the non-Orthodox movements turned to Israeli courts, while the Orthodox parties gained political strength.

26.   There have been no polls indicating how the vote might go, but analysts said that the two Catholic nationalist parties could gain three or four additional seats.

27.   Today, according to one senior Western diplomat, although the party is gaining moderate members, its core members want a Macedonia only for Macedonians.

28.   Under proportional representation, parties gain seats as long as they receive a minimum number of votes.

29.   Paisley was hoping to force the legislature to be dissolved in favor of a new election, when he predicts his party will gain seats.

30.   An official survey showed former Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez and his socialist party has gained popularity over the ruling conservative Popular Party, newspapers said Tuesday.