The First Results will be given at noon. Five-minute periods will be allotted for the announcement of election results at noon, in the one o'clock news, at 2 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m., 5 p.m., in the six o'clock news, and at 7 p.m. Listeners will be informed of the state of the Parties, of gains and losses, and of any items of special interest such as the return or non-return of Cabinet Ministers. If it is not clear at 7 p.m. which Party has won the election, and results come in between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., the programmes may be interrupted so that listeners can be told the latest state of the poll. There will be a summing-up in the nine o'clock news when, it is expected, all the results will have been declared.

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