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1582:Categories
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1115:References
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1467:sp.a rood
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319:in 1945.
311:party in
309:socialist
265:Elections
232:(1923-40)
212:left-wing
170:Le Peuple
166:Newspaper
134:Dissolved
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592:32 / 152
584:461,295
562:15 / 152
554:213,511
533:27 / 152
525:150,260
503:27 / 152
495:301,940
409:Flanders
353:Brussels
344:De Zwaan
187:Ideology
156:Brussels
1501:May Day
1484:Symbols
1464:Curieus
1328:Forward
1005:29.44%
975:32.11%
945:37.03%
915:36.02%
885:39.48%
855:34.81%
825:36.62%
795:30.32%
733:85,326
707:22.64%
677:22.64%
674:72,224
647:26.64%
617:14.97%
587:22.49%
557:21.78%
528:15.16%
498:18.36%
480:Number
475:Change
426:In the
347:on the
323:History
313:Belgium
238:Colours
160:Belgium
126:Founded
1461:S-Plus
1283:
1264:
1247:
1228:
1209:
765:9.28%
736:6.69%
472:Seats
469:Votes
445:After
295:French
242:
72:
59:French
55:
1140:(3).
417:Liège
413:Ghent
375:Ghent
281:Dutch
76:Dutch
1471:Vonk
1281:ISBN
1262:ISBN
1245:OCLC
1226:ISBN
1207:ISBN
997:1939
967:1936
937:1932
907:1929
877:1925
847:1921
817:1919
787:1914
757:1912
728:1910
699:1908
669:1906
639:1904
609:1902
579:1900
549:1898
520:1896
490:1894
394:Mons
388:The
331:The
275:The
1142:doi
900:10
840:38
810:14
632:17
602:17
572:12
513:27
351:in
305:POB
291:BWP
245:Red
210:to
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990:3
960:3
930:8
870:2
780:7
692:4
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