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- 1 2 Robert J. Alexander (1982) Political parties of the Americas: Canada, Latin America and the West Indies: Guadeloupe–Virgin Islands of the United States, Greenwood Press, p640
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, pp603-604 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ↑ Nohlen, p601
