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- ↑ "Political Parties". Official website. Accra: Electoral Commission of Ghana. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ↑ "UDP to end the 'politics of winner-takes-all'". ghanaweb.com. GhanaWeb. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
