51.   An action group of human rights and religious groups has been formed to press the government to hold the polls this year.

52.   Assembly polls were held in the three states along with the parliamentary election which ended Tuesday.

53.   Awami League deputy leader Abdus Samad Azad was quoted Thursday as suggesting that polls could be held as early as March.

54.   Bosnian Foreign Minister Muhamed Sacirbey on Monday said it would be better to delay elections in Bosnia than to hold a poll that was not free and fair.

55.   Both Serbia and Montenegro will also hold municipal polls at the same time.

56.   But analysts have predicted that no single party would win an outright majority even if new polls were held.

57.   Chief Election Commissioner M. Abu Syed told a television channel that the low turnout could be attributed to the opposition boycott, but said the polls were held peacefully.

58.   Dayton requires the Bosnia poll to be held within nine months of the signature of the peace accords last December.

59.   Election Commissioner G.V.G. Krishnamurthy said after a meeting with home ministry officials that a decision on when to hold the polls would be taken after consulting the federal government.

60.   Former Bosnian prime minister Haris Silajdzic earlier this month demanded the elections in Mostar be put back to September, when national polls are held.