ELECTION FINALS

Evening Star, Issue 22212, 14 December 1935, Page 20

ELECTION FINALS

OFFICIAL COUNTS COMPLETED DISTRIBUTION OF VOTES Official counts have now been completed in all electorates, and although the totals credited to the various candidates have been altered considerably in only one case has a preliminary result been altered. That was in the case of Manawatu, where the checking of votes disclosed an error of approximately 100 votes and gave the seat to Labour. This result was confirmed by a magisterial recount which was conducted yesterday. . ' . , According to the Evening Post,' the valid votes cast throughout th» Dominion totalled 851,723, and these were distributed among the parties as follow: — Labour (53 seats) ... ... 389,912 Nationalist (19 seats) ... 280,267 Democrats (no seats) ... 64,518 Communists (no seats) ... 620 Others (8 seats) 116,403 The “ others ” include Independents, Country Party, Ratana, and Independent Country Party. \ MANAWATU SEAT a NARROW WIN FOR LABOUR [Per United Press Association,] FOXTON, December 13. The magisterial recount o£ the vote* cast in the Manawatu electoral wa* conducted to-day before Mr J. H. Salmon, S.M. The results were as fob* low; — C. J. Hunter (Lab.) ...■ >■—- >.. 2,958 J. Linklater (N.) ... ...- >.. 2,929 S. J. E. Closey (I.) ... ... ... 1,271 M. H. Oram (D.) ... ...■ 673 J. K. Hornblow (I.) ... ... •..< 618 Informal, 68. Majority for Mr Hunter, 29. RANGITIKEE O. Wilson (Lab.) ... •..< ... 4,238 A. Stuart (N.) ... 3,329 W. J. Crawford (D.) 1,679 Mapority for Mr Wilson. 907.