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- ↑ "Partis membres" (in French). Union fait la Nation. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
- ↑ Adrien Houngbédji (2011-03-11). "Déclaration de Houngbédji suite aux résultats" (in French). Union fait la Nation. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
- ↑ Emmanuel Gbeto (2011-05-13). "BENIN: Proclamation par la cour constitutionnelle des résultats définitifs des législatives du 30 avril" (in French). Retrieved 2011-11-06.
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