By law, the largest political party has first crack at forming a government.

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Its founder, Leon Castro, a Jew, was also the spokesman of the largest Egyptian political party, the Wafd, related to the largest opposition party taking part in this week's demonstrations.

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Others have been casting doubts on the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) - the largest and most organised political party of the city which is a partner in power both at the provincial and central levels but whose relations with the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) have soured over the past couple of months.

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The National Front is the third-largest political party in France.

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The first challenge for the new leader of the Church will be to reassure Copts of their place in a country whose largest political party is now the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, our correspondent adds.

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Everyone else is nowhere, including the leaders of Golkar, once the political machine of the ex-dictator Suharto and still the largest party in parliament.

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Mr Erdogan, who has long shunned the largest Kurdish party, the Democratic Society (DTP), for being the PKK's political front, met its leader, Ahmet Turk, in early August.

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The collective weight of these parties, however, cannot prevent the current political impasse boiling down to a confrontation between the Ulster Unionists, the province's largest party, and Sinn Fein.

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The insurgents also have spared the rallies of former cricket star Imran Khan, whose party may overtake the PPP as the nation's second-largest political force on Saturday, according to analysts and diplomats.

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