1. Nearly '0,000 troops and police were deployed at 5,620 polling stations across Yemen where '.25 million people were eligible to vote, 3.' million of them women.

2. Mr Bentley said that the election result was a "travesty" because more people chose not to vote – 3' per cent – than those who voted for the governing Labour Party.

3. There were after all people in this hall who were: 1) In that small percentage of the British population who like numbered points. 2) In the 0.5 per cent who are paid up Conservatives and thus eligible to vote. 3) In the 0.3 per cent who can vote but have not yet done so.

4. Count to take days The vote–tallying, which involved more than 5,800 polling stations, is expected to take days and results aren‘t expected until next week. (See the view from the day after the vote –– 3:04) The referendum was being hailed as a success, because turnout appeared to be high enough to legitimize the outcome and there was little violence. (Watch how people voted –– 2:33) "The draft constitution was voted yesterday by the overall majority of the Iraqi people," Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told CNN.

5. The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, which is part of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, will deploy hundreds of election observers to monitor the vote. • The following seven parties are vying in the election. 1 Nur Otan, chaired by Nazarbayev, is the front–runner and likely to win a majority. 2 The All–National Social Democratic Party (ANSDP) is the main opposition party, hoping to gain a third of the vote. 3 Ak Zhol styles itself as an opposition party but is attacked by the ANSDP and others for not criticizing Nazarbayev. 4 The Patriots party is a small party with links to army veterans. 5 The Auyl party is another small party representing rural areas. 6 The Communist People‘s Party is Kazakhstan‘s second communist party.