1953 New Jersey gubernatorial election
Results

1953 New Jersey gubernatorial election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Democratic	Robert B. Meyner	962,710	53.17%

Republican	Paul L. Troast	809,068	44.68%

Independent	Clendenin Ryan	23,271	1.29%

Independent	Henry J. Krajewski	12,881	0.71%

Socialist Labor	Albert Ronis	2,882	0.16%

Majority

Turnout

Democratic hold	Swing

Sentence(s)

Democratic nominee, Robert B. Meyner defeated Republican nominee Paul L. Troast with 53.17% of the vote.

final_sentence: Democratic nominee, Robert B. Meyner defeated Republican nominee Paul L. Troast with 53.17% of the vote.