The unexpected success of the Communists was the feature of the elections yesterday in which the voters tvogan the task of selecting 18 out of the 4,814 candidates for the Chamber of Deputies.
The Government generally did well {rom the personal point of view. Eight Ministers were cleded In the first ballot. while eight others face the second ballot with fair chances of success, but two may be defeated.
The greatest surprise the day produced was the failure of M. Edouard Herriot, leader of the Radical Socialist Party and several times Premier of France, to secure election in the frst ballot at Lyons, of which he is Mayor, hearing the result, M. Herriot reported to have announced that he Was retiring from polities and would not be a candidate in the second ballot.
Although the Right is at present in the lead, the fact that Socialists and French Stocks Fall as Sequel Paris, Apr. 27. French stocks and Bank of France shares fell sharply on the Stock Exchange to-day as a result of yesterday's election returns. The decline started at the opening and continued throughout the session, The Bank of France shares were down nearly 400 points. French stocks 11 points lower. Compagne Generale d'Electricite, the most important electricity concern 85 points lower. Creusot, 87 points lower—Havas, Communists are at the top of the polls many constituencies requiring a second ballot indicates that the final figure will show a strong swing to the Lett.
It seems, certain, however, that the Chamber will show little difference in the old balance of power, which was
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