Craftian general election, 1953

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1951 ← 	7 November 1953 	7 November 1953 	→ 1956
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67 seats in the Craftian Provincial Legislative Assembly34 needed for a majority	67 seats in the Craftian Provincial Legislative Assembly34 needed for a majority	67 seats in the Craftian Provincial Legislative Assembly34 needed for a majority	67 seats in the Craftian Provincial Legislative Assembly34 needed for a majority
 	First party 	Second party 	Third party
 	 	 	
 	width="25%" 	width="25%" 	width="25%"
Leader 	Allen Wilson 	William McArthur 	John Anderson
Party 	Labour 	National 	Protection
Leader since 	24 October 1947 	1 January 1951 	18 December 1951
Leader's seat 	Wentworth 	Hamilton 	Central Hills
Last election 	32 seats, 44.38% 	18 seats, 21.77% 	16 seats, 24.64%
Seats won 	50 	9 	8
Seat change 	18 	9 	8
Popular vote 	60,899 	31,379 	15,064
Percentage 	55.02% 	28.35% 	13.61%
Swing 	10.64% 	6.58% 	11.03%
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Craftian Provincial Legislative Assembly after the election 	Craftian Provincial Legislative Assembly after the election 	Craftian Provincial Legislative Assembly after the election 	Craftian Provincial Legislative Assembly after the election
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Premier before election 	Premier before election 	Elected Premier 	Elected Premier
William McArthurNational 	William McArthurNational 	Allen WilsonLabour 	Allen WilsonLabour
A general election was held on Saturday, 7 November 1953 to determine the members of the 5th Provincial Parliament of the Province of Craftia. The centre-left National Labour Party, led by Allen Wilson, won a landslide majority over the governing centre-right National Party of Craftia and right-wing Protection of Craftia Party, led by Premier William McArthur and John Anderson respectively. Labour won a majority of 25 seats, while the Nationals and Protection, who campaigned separately despite governing in a coalition since 1951, were both knocked down to single-digit seat totals. The left-wing Communist Party of Craftia lost its remaining seat and was never returned to the legislature again, dissolving in 1954.
Labour's proportion of seats is the largest since its own landslide victory in 1945, and no party has won by such a large margin since. In addition, its proportion of the popular vote has only been surpassed once since, by the Craftian Conservative Party in the 1998 election.
==Results==
===Legislative Assembly===
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50 	8 	9
Labour	Protection	National
Party	Party 	Votes 	Percentage	Percentage	Swing	Seats	Change
 	National Labour Party 	60,899 	55.02 	  	10.64	50 	18
 	National Party of Craftia 	31,379 	28.35 	  	6.58 	9 	9
 	Protection of Craftia Party	15,064 	13.61 	  	11.03	8 	8
 	Communist Party of Craftia 	1,173 	1.06 	  	6.07 	0 	1
 	Other 	2,169 	1.96 	  	0.12 	0 	0
Total	Total 	110,686	 	 	 	67