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References
- ↑ "Papua New Guinea Election Results 1972–2012" (PDF). Development Policy Centre, Australian National University. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ↑ Okuk throws out challenge to Samoa The Bulletin, 9 August 1983
- ↑ Okuk goes back in by-election Pacific Islands Monthly, August 1983, p44
- ↑ Overview on PNG's election Pacific Islands Monthly, July 1987, p35
