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The latest figures of the elections, when we go to

press on Thursday, are as follows :- Panel Pro-Treaty Panel Anti-Treaty Labour .

Independents ..

As more than three-quarters of the new Parliament have been elected, the majority in favour of the Treaty, including the Independent members, is a satisfactory one. It has been gained in spite of the tendency of Proportional Representation to reduce a governing majority owing to the considerateness of the system for minorities. It may be taken that where, under the tyrannical orders of the coalition, there were no contests,

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Treaty candidates would have been returned in most cases if the issue had gone to the polls.

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