61.   The Social Democrats and the Left Party on Sunday blocked non-socialist parties from winning a majority of parliament seats in national elections, according to early results.

62.   They were stripped of their parliament seats and jailed earlier this year.

63.   There is one other open parliament seat, vacated by deputy Hisni Shaqiri when he joined the rebels.

64.   Though winning a parliament seat, Todorov resigned later that year, citing health reasons, and completely withdrew from politics.

65.   Three years ago, Takao Fujinami lost his parliament seat when voters fed up with scandals kicked his party out of power.

66.   Two prominent moguls, Berezovsky and Roman Abramovich, even took the unusual step of winning parliament seats in elections last December.

67.   Voters waited in long lines Saturday at the start of two days of polling to fill a parliament seat left vacant by the death of an opposition party member.

68.   Under the new law, he is barred from seeking even a parliament seat because he was a top party official.

69.   While Hariri does not need to win a parliament seat to remain prime minister, he has said he will resign if he loses.

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