IRISH ELECTIONS
DE VAfERA MAY YET JBE : THE STROr^GEST " " ONIT • * .GOVERNMENT DROPS VOTES, Rec. Feb. 19, 7.10 p.nj. .LONDON, Friday. A message fropa Dublin received at 4 a.jp. states fhat th© jndications point to a close finish. A change .of Government is not yet certain, though Mr. de Valera may be the ; str.ohgest upit. Mr. Cosgrave hps cojnplained of the vagary of proportional representation, but has reason now to hless it, because it ehabled some of his candjdates to scrape home neajr the bottonjL of the poll. The total the Government polled in North Dublin w.a.s 3, 6, .000, against de Valera's party's 25,000 votes. The liighest votes polled in fh,e wholeFree State were for .Cosgrave. Nevertheless the Government candid.ntes appear to have dropped votes .almost everywhere. " Elect.o.rs rewarded Labour's allfance with the Republi- ' cans by a defeat of many Lah.o.up j candidates. All Conjniunist can'didates were rejected. - = The RepubJicans have gained two seats from the Government, two from the Independents' and one from SLabour.'
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 153, 20 February 1932, Page 5
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