Illinois Primary

CHICAGO, April 10--Adlai Stevenson polled more votes than President Eisenhower tonight as returns accumulated from the Illinois presidential primary.

Eisenhower carried Illinois with almost 55 per cent of the total vote when he and Stevenson were matched in the 1952 presidential election.

Early returns: Republican, 4,702 of 9,511 precincts: Eisenhower 268,373; Knowland 13,504. Democratic, 4,640 of 9,511 precincts: Stevenson 412,912; write-ins: Kefauver 5,794.