And most analysts believe the Communists would lose legislative seats in a new election.

But speaker after speaker today agreed that the Communists had lost touch with the people.

The Communists lost, but they could pull themselves together again.

But since then, the Communists have lost much ground, largely because of internal disputes.

That's when the Communists lost two generations of young people.

And other officials seem unable to resist saying just how much they want the Communists to lose.

The group takes in most of the political parties that have formed since the Communists lost their constitutional monopoly on power last year.

The Communists lost a million supporters but still polled 4,848,058 votes.

Finland's Communists, who once commanded one-quarter of the vote, have steadily lost support in recent years.

The Communists, who had 21 seats after the last elections, lost more than half of them.