AGGREGATE VOTE
LABOUR'S TOTAL SHOWS SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE COUNTRY PARTY ALSO 'GAINS A substantial' increase in the Labour vote for the 80 seats and a drop in the aggregate votes recorded for United and Reform.are revealed in an analysis of the preliminary figures, compared with similar returns for 1928. All candidates supporting the Coalition received 372,868 votes, while Labour nominees obtained 229,884. In 1928 the aggregate Reform vote was 254,745, and the United 219,745, Labour reeeiving 185,773. Yesterday Independents polled 55,153 votes as compared with 27,749 in 1828, and the Country Party 15,982, as against 11,478. The women's candidate received 93-9 votes, and the Communist nominees 583. The Coalition sup^ort is divided as follows. — Coalition Reform, 163,388; Coalition United, 114,581; Coalition Independents, 22,894; Independent Coalition United, 9405; Independent Coalition Reform, 21,272; Coalition Liberal 4199; Independent United 11,964; Independent Reform 17,492; Independent Liberal, 7673.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 88, 4 December 1931, Page 5
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142AGGREGATE VOTE Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 88, 4 December 1931, Page 5
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