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256:Percentage
58:15 May 2005
1750:Categories
960:Red: EPRDF
799:Interhamwe
610:Minister:
414:Abiy Ahmed
351:Presidency
251:2,058,294
248:3,983,690
244:12,237,655
962:Blue: CUD
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586:Districts
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397:Executive
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159:Alliance
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419:Deputies
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365:History
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139:Party
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1244:Notes
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581:Zones
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1461:BBC
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