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- ↑ Election Commission of Nepal Archived October 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Nepal Home Page Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Democracy Archived January 1, 2006, at the Wayback Machine