1.   If no one does win a majority, a runoff election will pit the two leaders two weeks after the vote count.

2.   The election pitted the Winmill family against the money management firm Karpus Management Inc., which charged the Winmills with not doing enough to boost shareholder returns.

3.   Election pits old foes from right and left.

4.   The election pits Guei against four other candidates.

5.   The election pits the centrist Congress Party of Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao against the Bharatiya Janata Party, which espouses Hindu hegemony over the ethnically diverse nation.

6.   The election pits a nation clamoring for greater freedoms against a hard-line clerical establishment bent on preserving its power and privilege.

7.   The election pits a pro-heliport candidate against a candidate who opposes building the facility.

8.   The election pits the centrist Congress Party against the BJP, which espouses Hindu hegemony over the ethnically diverse nation.

9.   The runoff election pits Ivan Sklyarov, the pro-reform Nizhny Novgorod mayor, against communist Gennady Khodyrev.

10.   Fiercely contested, the elections pitted candidates who are a study in contrast.