"The opposition gained from this kidnapping, not the Government," he said.

While the opposition would gain some momentum from today, he said, "they are also quite capable of wasting all that energy again."

Those alliances appeared to preclude any chance that the multi-religion opposition would gain a majority in Parliament.

The country was in economic ruins and the Party's opposition to Mussolini had gained it great popularity.

Since then the opposition has been gaining momentum, especially in the 2003 and 2004 Parliamentary Elections.

The opposition led the election, but did not gain an outright majority.

Although the opposition gained seats, and the result was in doubt for most of the election night, the governing coalition retained a narrow majority.

The opposition, in spite of growing support among the people, gained only one seat.

His opposition gained him many support from the Luwu youths.

This is not to say the official opposition will gain much, either.