1.  Where the Tories have lost recent by-elections, the second placed party has won, and Mike Potter holds that place now in the Richmond constituency.

2.  BJP is the second largest political party in the country and is hoping to wrest control of the government from Rao in the next elections.

3.  By the second party, my resolve had weakened.

4.  In effect, the National Front has become the second party of the French right, a remarkable development.

5.  It will be the second party formed by politicians with ties to the former Virtue Party and its predecessor.

6.  The second largest party, the Congress Party, will probably end up with fewer seats, they said.

7.  Pedro Pablo Aguilar of the Copei Social Christian party, the second largest party, was elected president of the Senate.

8.  Pressure increased on Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus to resign Saturday, as a second party announced it was quitting his three-party center-right coalition.

9.  A second party facing closure is the pro-Kurdish Hadep because of its alleged links to an outlawed Kurdish rebel group.

10.  A second regional party, the National Conference, said Friday its two lawmakers would abstain.