31.   Zahner said the action means the affected parties will not be able to have other candidates take the lost positions and instead the seats will remain vacant.

32.   Yet a third parliament seat remains vacant, after deputy Hisni Shaqiri joined the rebels earlier this year.

33.   Fourteen seats remained undecided.

34.   In California two house seats remain unsettled, with Democrats trailing Republicans in both races by slim margins.

35.   As with the city council, some seats remained vacant for future Serb members who will be elected in September.

36.   Fifty-two seats remained to be counted.

37.   Two seats remain vacant after the death of holders.

38.   Ten other seats remain to be decided.

39.   The House has two independents and eight seats remained undecided.