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Anti-semites Routed in Roumanian Elections; Duca Wins Majority

December 22, 1933
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The Liberal party, headed by Premier Ion Duca, won an overwhelming victory in the Roumanian general elections, early returns showed today.

The government, according to first returns, won 301 out of the 389 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, obtaining 54 percent of the seats under the new electoral law. The total vote, however, will not be known for several days. Under the Roumanian law, the party obtaining 40 percent of the total vote, is automatically guaranteed two-thirds of the seats in parliament. Because of a heavy snow-fall, the vote was unusually small.

Election disorders were widely prevalent in Roumania. In Jassy, Braila and Czernowitz, there were

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