All provoked hostility from the mainstream political parties, oligarchs and military alike, and many were either banned or went underground soon after formation.

It gained immense popularity and most mainstream parties and their mass bases vanished altogether.

This was a central idea of the New Ireland Forum which brought together mainstream Irish parties in the 1980s.

But it will take several years, everyone agrees, and several elections before Japan has two mainstream conservative parties, each able and ready to govern.

Infighting between the country's king, Gyanendra, and its mainstream political parties has also hindered the peace effort.

He makes statements certain to be attacked as racist or xenophobic by French newspapers and mainstream political parties.

The fact that the system is no longer challenged by any mainstream party does not mean that there is nothing to challenge.

During the 2001 national election campaign period, the acute animosity between the two mainstream political parties led to numerous acts of significant violence against religious minorities.

Few non-Muslims are active in the country's mainstream political parties.

The Turkish Constitution and most mainstream political parties are built on the following principles: