Election Watch, January 2007

Issue Date January 2007
Volume 18
Issue 1
Page Numbers 179-82
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A review of recent elections in Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Congo (Kinshasa), Ecuador, Gabon, The Gambia, Latvia, Madagascar, Montenegro, Nicaragua, Saint Lucia, Tajikistan, Venezuela, Yemen, and Zambia.

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