1.   Cardoso is forecast to win the election on Monday by a margin of seven to nine percentage points, according to polls this week.

2.   The findings mirrored earlier poll results during the campaign, when the Liberal Democrats were forecast to win about half the seats.

3.   Tudjman, enjoying the benefits of incumbency and backed by a fiercely partisan media, is forecast to win outright in the first round.

4.   He is forecast to win the second round.

5.   But neither is forecast to win enough seats to form a government on its own.

6.   But this time round the CDU is forecast to win more votes than the PP.

7.   Zhirinovsky, Yavlinsky and Lebed are forecast to win between six and eight percent each in the first round of voting Sunday.

8.   Neither party is, however, forecast to win a clear majority and would need allies to form a government.

9.   Russian President Boris Yeltsin is seeking an alliance with other reformist candidates five weeks away from presidential elections which Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov is widely forecast to win.