Election of the members of the House of Representatives
1972 Dutch general election|
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All 150 seats in the House of Representatives 76 seats needed for a majority |
Turnout | 83.5% ( 4.4 pp) |
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. ![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/TK_1972_Samenstelling.jpg/290px-TK_1972_Samenstelling.jpg) Seats |
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Early general elections were held in the Netherlands on 29 November 1972.[1] The Labour Party (PvdA) remained the largest party, winning 43 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.[2]
The elections led to a five-party coalition government consisting of the PvdA, the Catholic People's Party, the Anti-Revolutionary Party, the Political Party of Radicals and Democrats 1966 with the PvdA's Joop den Uyl as Prime Minister.
Results
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/1972_Dutch_General_Election.svg/360px-1972_Dutch_General_Election.svg.png) |
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Labour Party | 2,021,454 | 27.34 | 43 | +4 |
| Catholic People's Party | 1,305,401 | 17.65 | 27 | –8 |
| People's Party for Freedom and Democracy | 1,068,375 | 14.45 | 22 | +6 |
| Anti-Revolutionary Party | 653,609 | 8.84 | 14 | –1 |
| Political Party of Radicals | 354,829 | 4.80 | 7 | +5 |
| Christian Historical Union | 354,463 | 4.79 | 7 | –3 |
| Communist Party of the Netherlands | 330,398 | 4.47 | 7 | +1 |
| Democrats 1966 | 307,048 | 4.15 | 6 | –5 |
| Democratic Socialists '70 | 304,714 | 4.12 | 6 | –2 |
| Reformed Political Party | 163,114 | 2.21 | 3 | 0 |
| Farmers' Party | 143,239 | 1.94 | 3 | +2 |
| Reformed Political League | 131,236 | 1.77 | 2 | 0 |
| Pacifist Socialist Party | 111,262 | 1.50 | 2 | 0 |
| Roman Catholic Party of the Netherlands | 67,658 | 0.92 | 1 | New |
| Democratic Centre Party | 41,262 | 0.56 | 0 | New |
| Dutch Middle Class Party | 32,970 | 0.45 | 0 | –2 |
| Stam List | 1,547 | 0.02 | 0 | New |
| Party of the Right | 656 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 |
| Anti Woningnood Actie Centrum | 574 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
| New Roman Party | 236 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 7,394,045 | 100.00 | 150 | 0 |
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Valid votes | 7,394,045 | 99.31 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 51,242 | 0.69 | |
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Total votes | 7,445,287 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 8,915,179 | 83.51 | |
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Source: Kiesraad |
By province
Results by province[3]
Province
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PvdA
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KVP
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VVD
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ARP
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PPR
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CHU
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CPN
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D'66
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DS'70
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SGP
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BP
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GPV
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PSP
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RKPN
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Others
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Drenthe
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37.2
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5.3
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15.2
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14.5
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2.9
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7.1
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3.2
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3.0
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3.4
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0.3
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2.5
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2.8
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1.0
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0.2
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1.3
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Friesland
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31.9
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4.7
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10.0
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21.0
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3.2
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10.9
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3.7
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2.8
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3.4
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1.1
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1.5
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3.1
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1.3
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0.3
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1.0
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Gelderland
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26.1
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18.2
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14.1
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9.2
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4.9
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7.4
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1.7
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3.3
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3.7
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3.9
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2.7
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1.7
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1.3
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0.8
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1.2
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Groningen
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34.9
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3.5
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11.9
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15.1
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3.5
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5.4
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8.6
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3.1
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3.7
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0.3
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1.5
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5.2
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1.6
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0.4
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1.4
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Limburg
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20.2
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43.9
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12.3
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2.2
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4.7
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0.4
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2.8
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4.0
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2.2
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0.1
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2.4
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0.2
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1.2
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2.1
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1.2
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North Brabant
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20.3
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37.7
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13.5
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4.4
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5.2
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1.3
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2.3
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4.0
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2.7
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0.5
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3.7
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0.5
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1.4
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1.5
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1.1
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North Holland
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27.7
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12.7
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16.6
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6.5
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5.9
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2.5
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9.9
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5.3
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5.6
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0.5
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1.2
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1.1
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2.5
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1.0
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1.0
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Overijssel
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25.1
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19.9
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10.8
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10.0
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4.0
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8.8
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3.3
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3.0
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3.2
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3.1
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2.7
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3.4
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0.9
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0.8
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1.0
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South Holland
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32.2
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9.8
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15.6
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9.7
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4.5
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5.0
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4.2
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4.9
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4.8
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3.7
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1.0
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1.7
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1.3
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0.6
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0.9
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Southern IJsselmeer Polders
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22.7
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10.6
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16.2
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17.5
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6.4
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7.7
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2.5
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4.6
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4.2
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1.7
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1.0
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3.4
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0.9
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0.2
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0.3
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Utrecht
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23.1
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13.8
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17.6
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10.4
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5.9
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5.7
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2.6
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4.2
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6.0
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3.4
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1.3
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2.8
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1.7
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0.8
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0.8
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Zeeland
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27.2
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11.1
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14.2
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11.4
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4.2
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9.3
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1.1
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2.8
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2.8
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9.2
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1.9
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2.6
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0.7
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0.6
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1.1
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References