STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17219, 10 December 1923, Page 1

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

MINORITY CONTESTS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Sydney “Sun” Cable. (Received December 10, 11.15 a.m.) LONDON, December 9. Seventy-four per cent, of the electors voted, as compared with seventy-five per cent in November. 1922. There are 213 members representing minorities as a result of triangular contests, of whom ninety-four are Conservatives, seventy - one Labour and forty-eight Liberals. Of the 158 seats which changed hands, eighty were the sienes of triangular contests. Labour’s gains include fortythree in triangular fights, and the Liberals twenty-seven. Labour won seven seats with majorities exceeding 10,000, tbe Conservatives three and tbe Liblerals none. Labour won three seats with majorities below 100. the Liberals eight and the Conservatives five. The newspapers are calling attention j to the fact that there were 263 triangular coutests. and are urging Parliament to enact preferential or proportional voting. (CONTINUED ON INSIDE PAGES.)