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- ↑ "Elections in Ghana - June & July 1979 Presidential Election". African Elections Database. Albert C. Nunley. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
- ↑ "Elections in Ghana - 18 June 1979 National Assembly Election". African Elections Database. Albert C. Nunley. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
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