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"ref": "1994, Rāshṭriya Nirvācana Paryavekshaṇa Samiti, Nepāla, Nepal election observation report: mid-term polls, page 147",
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"ref": "2009, Steven Rosefielde, Stefan Hedlund, Russia Since 1980, page 151",
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