M. Gambetta obtained his seat in the first division of
the Belleville District, and was also highest on the poll in the second division, bat did not there gain his seat, as he did not poll a sufficient number of votes to secure his election without a second ballot to-morrow week. From his candidature for this second division, therefore, he now retires, and takes his seat for the first division of Belleville. In both instances, his poll was very much reduced from that of previous years, and it was evident that amongst the Extremists his popularity is on the wane, owing to the conflict between him and M. Clemencean. M. Cl6mencean has secured a double return for both the divi- sions of Montmartre, so that he has just eclipsed M. Gambetta in the favour of the Ultra-Radicals. He has not, however, secured any additional strength for his party, while M. Gam- betta's section of the Republican party is now much the strongest of all the sections. Four hundred and three Repub- licans have been elected, of whom it is said that 34 are Conservative Republicans, 156 Pure Republicans, 187 Advanced Republicans or Gambettists, and 26 Extremists. Of the Re- actionaries, 38 are Monarchists and 42 Imperialists of some shade or other, but only eight are said to be Jeromists. Fifty- seven elections remain to be determined on the second ballot, to-morrow week, inclusive of the return for the second division of Belleville, where M. Gambetta heads the poll, and M. Tony Revillon, one of M. Clemencean's party, comes next, within some 700 votes of Gambetta.
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