FRANCE POLLING.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 96, 24 April 1928, Page 7

FRANCE POLLING.

GENERAL ELECTIONS.

Progress Returns Are Favouring Poincare.

HUMOROUS SIDELIGHTS.

(Australian Press Assn. —United Serrin ) PARIS, April 23 The first day's balloting in tli»* general election yesterday passed off very calmly, contrasting with the violence displayed on Saturday, when numerous disturbances too.* place over a wide area.

Modern French polling is largely <■* A holiday character, affording a univers-ji opportunity for the family promenade. The official results will not be aval. able until Wedneday, but it is expected that thwu will be 150 definite elections as % result of yesterday's firt-s ballots, leaving the main battle for uc:».t Nit11«1 ay. Si s <-• Parisian treats hr * c sv far been won l»r sii|>|Hirters of the l*remier. M. Po'.:carc. One whs secured by a Soci... i«t. In 28 Par:-! I constituencies second ballots will Vj i neeessarv. i At midnight 21 Poincare Candida tc-s had been elected and three Opposition candidates. M_ Poincare travelled SOU miles, from Sampigny and back, la vole.

Later results confirm the first-ballot victory for M. Poincare. Though tho number of second ballots will be greater than was expected 298 results have been announced. Of these 88 candidates have been elected outright. Thcv comprise:— Conservatives 3 Republicans 3o Left and Centre parties .. 22 Radicals 7 Socialists 21 Polling day had its humorous sid-*. A Communist candidate's poster read: "Vote for nobody, least of all for me." The failure of M Bokanowsky, Minister of Air, to adequately support Captains Costes and Lebrix in their round-the-world flight led to stormy scenes in his constituency.

The poll was a heavy one. people votiug. There were 37 oO candidates. The ratio of oecupatiou anion these candidates was: Barristers, 38.'; journalists, 266; workers, 200; farmers, 186; doctors, 159; teachers, 90; bankers, 8; priests, 7.

Of the members of the Cabinet MM. Briand (Foreign Minister), Herriot (Education) and Tardieu (Public Works) have been returned. M. Paiulevo (War) was not elected outright, but secured sufficient votes to entitle him to enter the second ballot.

FIRST BALLOT RESULT.

MAJORITY FOR GO

(Australian Press Ana.—United Service.)

(Received 10.30 a.m.)

PARIS. April 23.

Altogether 175 candidates were elected at the first ballot, of which Democratic Republicans claim 72, Left Republicans 41, Radical Republicans 15, Radical Socialists 16, Republican Socialists 4, Socialists 14, Conservatives 13, Communists 0. * '■

The second ballots in the remaining 427 seats will take place on April 3). The majority of those successful declared themselves supporters of tL» Government's policy.