Craftian general election, 1945

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1940 ← 	31 March 1945 	→ 1947
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65 seats in the Craftian Provincial Legislative Assembly33 needed for a majority	65 seats in the Craftian Provincial Legislative Assembly33 needed for a majority	65 seats in the Craftian Provincial Legislative Assembly33 needed for a majority
 	First party 	Second party
 	 	
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Leader 	George Phillipson 	Deng Guanlong
Party 	Labour 	Communist
Leader since 	2 February 1945 	2 March 1945
Leader's seat 	Central Hills (won seat) 	Berhardsson (won seat)
Last election 	New party 	40 seats, 79.36%
Seats won 	52 	11
Seat change 	52 	29
Popular vote 	119,485 	43,315
Percentage 	64.88% 	23.52%
Swing 	64.88% 	55.84%
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 	Third party 	Fourth party
 	 	
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Leader 	George Deed 	Thomas Ralph
Party 	Free Trade 	Country
Leader since 	17 September 1944 	8 March 1945
Leader's seat 	ContestedBonestan (lost) 	Did not stand
Last election 	New party 	New party
Seats won 	1 	0
Seat change 	1 	0
Popular vote 	9,245 	7,311
Percentage 	5.02% 	3.97%
Swing 	5.02% 	3.97%
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Craftian Provincial Parliament after the election
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 	 	Elected Premier
 	 	George PhillipsonLabour
The first free general election in Craftia since 1890 was held on Saturday, 31 March 1945 to determine the members of the inaugural Provincial Parliament of the new Province of Craftia. The incumbent (before 1 February 1945) left-wing Communist Party of Craftia government, led by interim leader Deng Guanlong, was resoundingly defeated by the new centre-left National Labour Party, led by leader George Phillipson, ending 53 years of Communist rule.
Under the first-past-the-post system, the Labour Party won 52 of the 65 new electoral districts (exactly four fifths of the legislature), while the Communist Party won 11. In addition, one Free Trade Party candidate and an independent were elected. Labour's proportion of seats, a record for any free election held in Craftian history, has yet to be exceeded, and will likely remain unbroken due to Craftia's modern proportional election system.
==Results==
===Legislative Assembly===
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52 	2 	11
Labour	O.	Communist
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Party	Party 	Votes 	Percentage	Percentage	Swing	Seats	Change
 	National Labour Party 	119,485	64.88 	  	New 	52 	52
 	Communist Party of Craftia	43,315 	23.52 	  	55.84	11 	29
 	Free Trade Party 	9,425 	5.02 	  	New 	1 	1
 	Country Party of Craftia 	7,311 	3.97 	  	New 	0 	0
 	Other 	4,807 	2.61 	  	2.34 	1 	1
Total	Total 	184,163	 	 	 	65 	
===Legislative Council===
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11 	19
Pan-democrats	Pro-Minean
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Party 	Party 	Party 	Votes 	Percentage	Percentage	Seats	Seats	Seats
Party 	Party 	Party 	Votes 	Percentage	Percentage	GC 	FC 	Total
 	 	Communist Party of Craftia	38,785 	21.06 	  	3 	4 	7
 	 	Non-Partisan Group 	15,764 	8.56 	  	2 	6 	8
 	 	Democratic Alliance 	11,216 	6.09 	  	1 	3 	4
Total for pro-Minean camp	Total for pro-Minean camp	Total for pro-Minean camp 	65,765 	35.71 	  	6 	13 	19
 	 	National Labour Party 	99,872 	54.23 	  	8 	2 	10
 	 	Free Trade Party 	12,468 	6.77 	  	1 	0 	1
 	 	Country Party of Craftia 	2,044 	1.11 	  	0 	0 	0
Total for pro-democrats 	Total for pro-democrats 	Total for pro-democrats 	114,384	62.11 	  	9 	2 	11
colspan="2" 	Other 	4,015 	2.18 	  	0 	0 	0 	
Total 	Total 	Total 	184,163	 	 	15 	15 	30