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Return showing the Number of Seamen's Electors' Rights issued and exercised, the Number of Electors who voted as Absent Voters, and the Number of Postal Votes issued and exercised —continued.

CHRISTCHURCH SOUTH BY-ELECTION. (3rd JUNE, 1939.) Return showing the Number of Votes recorded for each Candidate at the Christchurch South By-election, 3rd June, 1939, the Number of Informal Votes; the Number of Electors who did not vote; the Number of Electors on the Roll; the Percentage of Votes recorded for Candidate elected (a) to the Total Number of Electors on the Roll, and (b) to the Total Valid Votes recorded.

Men on roll .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,269 Women on roll .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8,376 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. 15,645 Proportion per ccnt. of men and women on tlie roll . . Men, 47 ; women, 53 Men who voted .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,618 Women who voted .. ... .. .. .. .. 6,338 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. 11,956 Proportion per cent, of votes recorded by men and women respectively to the total number of votes recorded . . Men, 47 ; women, 53 Percentage of votes recorded by men and women respectively to the total number of men and women on the roll .. .. .. .. .. ..Men, 77-29; women, 75-67 Percentage of the total number of votes recorded to the total number of electors on the roll .. .. .. .. .. .. 76-42 Percentage of informal votes recorded .. .. .. .. 0-42

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Seamen's Electors' Rights. : Postal Votes. Number of Electors m * i tv + • x Total ( Number of * _ m ± i Number of Number of Electoral District. XT , , .Number oi c , who voted Total , Number of Seamen - s Seamen s a3 Ab3ent Number of Electors who Sectors Seamen s Rights Rl f ht t s ' s ™ ed Voters. Postal Votes . , 6 ™® d , did not Rights pxerniHPf] 1,ut not pr i their Postal exercise their issued. exeroisea. exercised- issued. Voteg Postal Votes Timaru .. .. 4 4 .. 591 336 312 24 Waikato.. .. .. .. .. 543 144 138 6 Waimarino .. .. .. .. 674 117 113 4 Waipawa .. .. .. .. 466 241 238 3 Wairarapa .. 1 1 425 233 221 12 Waitaki .. 1 1 444 177 166 11 Waitemata .. 18 15 3 629 265 252 13 Waitomo .. .. .. .. 493 120 118 2 Wallace .. .. .. .. .. 462 173 155 18 Wanganui .. 5 4 1 608 337 319 18 Wellington Central 264- 191 73 1,018 290 276 14 Wellington East .. 91 57 34 661 229 213 16 Wellington North.. 242 191 51 980 308 256 52 Wellington South.. 79 62 17 526 356 292 64 Wellington Suburbs 41 28 13 660 261 240 21 Wellington West .. 93 71 22 786 254 237 17 Westland .. 8 6 2 478 249 239 10 Totals .. 1,477 1,146 331 41,633 18,653 17,324 1,329

Percentage of Votes Number of Votes recorded. , T , „ by Number Number Candidate elected. of j Candidates. Electors ™ , (a) lb) who did fetors To^tal To^tal For each Informal T , , not vote. ' Number of Valid Candidate. Votes. 0 a ' Electors Votes on Roll. recorded. •• '• '• \ 51 11,956 3,689 15,645 50-49 66-35 Maciarlane . . . . 7,900 J