The election, held today, leaves one slot open on the 11-member board.

"They are losing elections left and right," he said.

However, the 1948 general election left the party six seats short of a majority.

Turkey has been in political crisis since its last election, in December 1995, left no party with a clear majority.

The last election left the council with no overall control.

The election left the party a million dollar debt that took about 10 years to pay off.

Still, the primary election has left many Democrats with cases of nerves.

But the election left a bad taste in the country's mouth.

The election left National with a majority of only one seat, a situation which was to cause it major problems in its third term.

Iraq's historic election left the country with a problem that everyone saw coming but no one took serious steps to try to address.