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277:Colours
233:106,000
196:(party)
174:Founded
164:(first)
94:scholar
1049:
1017:
991:
638:Seats
632:Votes
344:German
289:yellow
272:(1990)
229:(1987)
169:(last)
96:
89:
82:
75:
67:
884:5.3%
877:with
281:Black
101:JSTOR
87:books
1047:ISBN
1015:ISBN
989:ISBN
872:1990
851:1986
829:1981
808:1976
787:1971
766:1967
745:1963
724:1958
702:1954
672:1950
647:1949
641:+/–
488:and
420:and
333:The
73:news
18:LDPD
1155:in
899:42
718:15
696:15
611:FDP
494:SED
446:In
354:in
285:red
56:by
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845:7
666:–
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512:A
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416:,
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