The LDP lost its majority for the first time since the 1960s, while the DPJ became the majority party, winning 54 of the assembly's 127 seats.

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It also comes in the wake of Ken Livingstone's successful bid last year to lead the London Assembly - winning the vote against Frank Dobson, the former health secretary who was Tony Blair's choice for the job.

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As they toured the factory, you could see their innovative minds at work, probably calculating metrics and formulas to integrate their winning dashboard into the Ford assembly line.

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And second, it steals some thunder from the Scottish National Party, which is threatening to prevent Labour winning power in the Edinburgh assembly, and for which land reform has long been a cherished goal.

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He upset some within the Labour group by standing against another of his party's AMs for the post of assembly deputy presiding officer, and winning.

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The results, which need to be officially confirmed, indicated Sharif's party has an overwhelming lead but would fall short of winning a majority of the 272 directly elected national assembly seats.

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The cost of tickets for Olympic medal-winning sessions in athletics, track cycling and swimming have been criticised by the London Assembly.

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In the last state assembly elections a little over a year ago, her party swept to power winning 206 of the 403 seats and more importantly, had leads in 55 of the state's 80 parliamentary constituencies.

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But the nationalists have a different target in mind in this election winning enough votes from Labour to set themselves up for a tilt at power in the 2003 assembly elections in Wales and Scotland.

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