71.   Figures for turnout will be made public on Sunday night but first partial results will not be known until Monday afternoon.

72.   First partial results were expected to begin trickling in late Wednesday, also from the far east, shortly after polls closed in Moscow.

73.   Further partial results were expected throughout the night.

74.   However, the second-round battle for control of Skopje city hall was too close to call judging by the partial results released Monday.

75.   In Montenegro, the ruling Democratic Socialist Party claimed victory Monday in the vote for its parliament on the basis of partial results, Radio Belgrade said.

76.   In the simultaneous elections for the European Parliament, partial results published just after midnight showed that the number of seats held by each party would remain unchanged.

77.   Indian opposition leader and potential prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was cruising to a seat in parliament Thursday, partial results from general elections showed.

78.   A second round must be held, acccording to partial results available Monday, as neither candidate appeared set to win an absolute majority.

79.   Also based on partial results, Arafat was headed for a landslide in the West Bank.

80.   And with few votes left to be counted partial results also show a surprisingly strong showing for the Belgrade-backed Serb opposition candidate Mladen Ivanic.