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- ↑ Messerlian, Zaven. Armenian Participation in the Lebanese Legislative Elections 1934–2009. Beirut: Haigazian University Press, 2014. p. 471
- ↑ Daily Star. Aoun unveils electoral lists for northern Metn, Jbeil