By law, the largest political party has first crack at forming a government.
United Russia is the largest political party in the country.
United Russia is by far the most powerful political force in the country with well over 200 seats in the Parliament compared to just 92 for the Communist Party, the second largest political party in the country.
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.
The National Front is the third-largest political party in France.
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.
The largest opposition grouping, the Democratic Progressive Party, appears ready to nominate veteran political exile Peng Ming-min as its champion.
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.
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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Theirs is Chile's largest political party, and they have held the presidency, most senior ministries and regional authorities since General Augusto Pinochet stepped down in 1990.
But with the Muslim Brotherhood now confirmed as the largest opposition force in the People's Assembly, the government must now deal with a party banned from open political activity.
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.
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.
The National Conference, led by Kashmir's main political dynasty, the Abdullah family, seems to have lost power, though it may remain the largest party.
Bahrain's largest opposition political party Al Wefaq denounced Wednesday's decision and said confessions used as evidence in convicting the two men were extracted by torture.
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