ELECTION IN GREECE
Early Returns Put Left Wing Ahead HUGE LEAD IN SOME AREAS (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 12.30 p.m.) ATHENS, March 6. Progress returns in the Greek General Election, held yesterday, show a Left-Wing trend. The Ministry of the Interior, which is tabulating the returns, did not report the returns from Athens, the Piraeus, and Salonika—where the Leftists have built up a huge lead—for more than two hours after the Left-Wing trend was noted. The delay was not explained. None of the results from 400 polling stations for the army, which is about 140,000 strong, has been released. According to rumours there is dissatisfaction in the army. Mr Sophocles Venizelos and Mr Constantine Tsaldaris, who expected a race between themselves for the largest number of seats, are both reported to be trailing behind General Plastiras’s National Union of the Centre. If the trend continues the Left Wing front may win 100 seats of the 250 in Parliament. They would then domin•ate a nation into which the United States has poured about 1,000,000,000 dollars to hold Communism.
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Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26055, 7 March 1950, Page 5
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