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- ↑ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, pp232-234 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ↑ Lansford, Tom; Muller, Tom (2 April 2012). "Political Handbook of the World 2012". SAGE.
- ↑ Nohlen, p231
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