A surge of pre-election violence was widely predicted, but it did not materialize except for clashes in some already unstable areas.

Yet he agrees that something must be done to help tourism, which took a blow from pre-election violence in 1997 and has never fully recovered.

At least 30 people were killed in the pre-election violence.

Some opposition members would also benefit from the amnesty, although election observers have attributed most of the pre-election violence to government supporters.

The attacks come ahead of governorship elections on Saturday in a country prone to pre-election violence.

He was assassinated at his home in a wave of pre-election violence by an unknown gunman.

The 1994 election too saw widespread pre-election violence, often aimed at intimidating members of the opposition.

More than 100 people have been killed in the pre-election violence, the police said Friday, with attacks occurring almost daily.

But pre-election violence has surged everywhere and is expected to get worse.

Three people were reported to have died in separate incidents of pre-election violence.