21.  The Socialists are the strongest party in parliament, even though several members have defected in recent days.

22.  Under the constitution, the president charges the candidate of the strongest party with the formation of a government.

23.  Also the Liberal Democrats, the third strongest party in the new Westminster parliament, have joined Labour in sponsoring the devolution proposals.

24.  Austria has the strongest nationalist party in Europe.

25.  The PDS is the third strongest political party in Berlin, which is governed by a coalition of the two main parties, the CDU and the Social Democrats.

26.  The SDS is the strongest party in the Republika Srpska, which along with the Muslim-Croat Federation makes up postwar Bosnia.

27.  Welfare emerged as the strongest party in the election, but failed to obtain a majority.

28.  It has traditionally favoured the two strongest parties, preventing the centrist current from breaking through to a position of influence.

29.  Support for Sithole, like that for ZUM, is mainly regional, with both parties strongest in the eastern border areas.

30.  The main unknown factor in both states had been the strength of the PDS, which has presented itself as the third strongest party in former east Germany.