COMMUNISTS IN LEAD
LONDON, Nov. 11. Witli (ln* cimuH ing oi' \otcs 111 the Frem-ii l'arliiinienlary clection prac-lii-ally i-nnqilele, it appears lliiit tlic *\ 1 1 c'mi' l.i'l'l uiul tlie extreuie Uiglit )ia \ e gainetl at thc expensc oi' Ihe iin.ili'i al e ] >:i i t ies. 'I he ('umiiiunisls gainetl 1S sents and aro liow the slnuigcsl single party jii i"i atn-c. The -M.IM'. ( Progressive ('allinlii- l'aity) lost three sents. Thc Su.-ialisls lost 21 seats, and vnrious !{i«ht Wing Groups gained 2(i seats. ( Diiojxjiidoiits point out that tlu: oidlapsc of ihe Socialists tnakes it unlikely that the Left uing parties ui!i bc doimnant. A ( 'oniinunist spokosinau saitl that ihe party leailer, .M. Thorez, would di'iaand tlic Prcniicfship for himself and tlic right 1o forni a Government a iidci a ('ommiudst Jcadcr.
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Chronicle (Levin), 13 November 1946, Page 5
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