Geshov finally formed a government on 29 March 1911, heading a moderate coalition of nationalists and Stoyan Danev's Russophile faction.

But he fell short of creating the broad new moderate coalition he had hoped for.

The moderate coalition, routinely described as pro-American and pro-Western, took seventy-one seats to just fifty-seven for Hezbollah and its allies.

The moderate coalition grew to about 70 members - only one-third of the G.O.P.'s House majority, but sufficient to forestall damaging rewrites of every important environmental law.

Senator John H. Chafee, the Rhode Island Republican who tried in vain to assemble a moderate coalition behind a modest health-care bill this year, will be back to try again.

A moderate multi-ethnic coalition of Muslims, Croats and Serbs, led by a popular former Mayor, received only 1,900 votes out of 58,000 cast.

But together, the radicals and the two moderate coalitions might be able to stop the ruling party from a majority within the regional legislature, several political observers including a ruling party supporter said.

Zivko Radisic, the leader of a moderate Bosnian Serb coalition, said: "We know the amount of manipulation was large, but we accept the results because we have no choice.

Shafer was also recognized for "environmental leadership" by Georgia Conservation Voters, a "moderate" coalition of environmental organizations.

People apparently were disillusioned with the failure of the departing moderate coalition to improve living standards in Bosnia, one of Europe's poorest countries.