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766:Position
625:950,407
619:815,523
590:426,405
395:(SLPP).
356:Overview
350:Freetown
222:54 / 132
165:Ideology
154:Freetown
80:Chairman
1272:24 July
1198:40.00%
1159:39.93%
1120:53.67%
1081:40.73%
1042:21.41%
1000:42,467
892:61.93%
858:84 / 97
822:32 / 78
817:44.92%
788:16 / 74
783:17.23%
661:Elected
632:Elected
556:38,316
532:Elected
499:Result
406:in 1968
391:of the
379:In the
253:Website
129: (
124:Founded
114:Founder
1409:10 May
1381:
1354:
1008:5 / 80
1003:5.69%
759:Seats
753:Votes
720:41.2%
694:48.2%
688:42.7%
654:58.7%
628:54.6%
622:44.3%
593:22.4%
525:99.9%
493:Votes
487:Votes
404:Kabala
234:7 / 13
206:Slogan
196:Colors
95:Alhaji
68:Leader
559:5.1%
435:Limba
431:Temne
342:Limba
338:Temne
246:3 / 6
1498:(54)
1492:(81)
1411:2024
1379:ISBN
1352:ISBN
1274:2007
1221:2nd
1191:2023
1182:1st
1152:2018
1143:1st
1113:2012
1104:1st
1074:2007
1065:2nd
1035:2002
1026:4th
1018:100
996:1996
987:1st
960:1986
951:1st
924:1982
915:1st
885:1977
876:1st
849:1973
840:1st
810:1967
801:2nd
793:New
776:1962
762:+/–
727:Lost
713:2023
698:Lost
676:2018
647:2012
615:2007
600:Lost
581:2002
566:Lost
547:1996
513:1985
433:and
368:and
293:The
262:.com
1213:14
1096:32
1057:22
979:20
943:15
907:14
868:52
832:16
352:).
299:APC
200:Red
1601::
1402:.
1246:,
1174:1
1135:8
964:—
928:—
853:—
756:%
723:—
657:—
596:—
562:—
528:—
496:%
490:%
453:,
445:,
156:,
1459:e
1452:t
1445:v
1413:.
1387:.
1360:.
1276:.
735:N
706:N
669:Y
640:Y
608:N
574:N
540:Y
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133:)
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