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152:Total votes
888:Categories
871:See also:
302:References
200:Cameroon
173:129,549
132:113,334
770:1960−61
765:1956−57
285:129,549
271:113,859
213:Choice
206:Results
188:Nigeria
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162:100.00%
157:113,859
135:99.54%
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121:42,788
77:Results
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216:Votes
146:0.46%
110:62.25%
105:70,546
91:Votes
87:Choice
288:87.9
266:Total
859:1961
854:1959
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833:1953
828:1950
811:2023
805:2019
800:2014
795:2011
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780:1999
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632:1983
627:1979
611:2023
606:2019
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591:2007
586:2003
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551:1959
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