31.   In Chiapas, the Zapatistas said they had boycotted the election to protest the lack of a peace agreement between their rebel movement and the government.

32.   In Sarajevo the news of the agreement was welcomed by the Bosnian government and removed their threat of boycotting the election if Karadzic remained in office.

33.   In keeping with this last point, Rugova saw to it that Kosovo Albanians boycotted elections held by Serbian or Yugoslav authorities.

34.   In the last year, the government has pushed through a tough law restricting press freedom, and Islamic parties boycotted parliamentary elections they charged were unfair.

35.   It is not a matter of the Serbs simply threatening to boycott the elections.

36.   Last year many Christians boycotted local elections.

37.   Most of their supporters are boycotting the election.

38.   Newspapers urging the nation to boycott the elections have been seized, and the people who distributed them have been detained.

39.   Nigerians made their views clear last weekend, as practically the entire country boycotted elections for a national assembly.

40.   On Saturday, polls failed to open in the Croat-held communities of Zepce and Tesanj, as Croat authorities boycotted the elections.