71.   The LDP needs a leader who could weather nationwide elections for the upper house of Parliament set for late July.

72.   The nationwide election, held every four years, were scheduled for last June, but the minister of local government postponed them for a year.

73.   The new government will write a new constitution and oversee preparations for nationwide elections.

74.   The opposition leader asked Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to form a neutral caretaker government by Sunday and hold fresh nationwide elections and to release activists detained in jails.

75.   The ruling Socialists were headed toward winning a clear parliamentary majority Sunday in nationwide elections that Premier Costas Simitas called early to get a fresh political mandate.

76.   The rebels have stepped up attacks ahead of nationwide congressional elections scheduled for Sunday.

77.   The ruling Socialists were headed toward winning a clear parliamentary majority Sunday in nationwide elections that Premier Costas Simitis called early to get a fresh political mandate.

78.   The vote was the third nationwide election in just over a month.

79.   They cast their ballots for the first time recently as Croatian citizens, in nationwide elections for the upper house of parliament and the municipal governments.

80.   They predict he would exploit the role to launch a propaganda campaign against other parties in nationwide elections later this year.