1.   Andrade won a close and hotly disputed vote in October, but a federal court overturned the victory, saying the election was marred by fraud and errors.

2.   But a federal court overturned the victory, saying the election was marred by fraud and errors.

3.   But the election was marred by murders and bombings, along with serious questions over the vote tabulation in a number of key races.

4.   Despite weeks of political unrest, the voting so far was reported free of the brazen intimidation that marked the campaign and threatened to mar the election.

5.   Hardened by decades of Soviet rule and skeptical about the durability of political reforms, many Russians assume that the election will be marred by fraud.

6.   His opponent, Morgan Tsvangirai, has refused to accept the result, saying the election was marred by violence, irregularities and outright rigging.

7.   The election was marred by four months of intimidation as pro-government thugs invaded white-owned farms and beat black farmworkers they suspected of supporting the opposition.

8.   The election itself was marred by reports of voting fraud, murder and bombings.

9.   The fraud allegations marred an election that many people had hoped would solidify a fledgling democracy.

10.   The election was marred by harsh campaigning and a fixation on small-bore issues.