Craftian general election, 1968

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1966 ← 	17 September 1968 	17 September 1968 	→ 1971
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80 seats in the Craftian Provincial Legislative Assembly41 needed for a majority	80 seats in the Craftian Provincial Legislative Assembly41 needed for a majority	80 seats in the Craftian Provincial Legislative Assembly41 needed for a majority	80 seats in the Craftian Provincial Legislative Assembly41 needed for a majority
 	First party 	Second party 	Third party
 	 	 	
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Leader 	Bert Aaron 	Wilbur Joyce 	Owen Gold
Party 	Labour 	National 	Protection
Leader since 	30 August 1968 	22 October 1962 	21 July 1966
Leader's seat 	Homestead 	Cook 	Sun Valley
Last election 	32 seats, 44.31% 	46 seats, 48.36% 	2 seats, 5.24%
Seats won 	48 	28 	3
Seat change 	16 	18 	1
Popular vote 	49,069 	37,337 	5,814
Percentage 	51.82% 	39.43% 	6.14%
Swing 	7.51% 	8.93% 	0.90%
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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
Wilbur JoyceNational 	Wilbur JoyceNational 	Bert AaronLabour 	Bert AaronLabour
A general election was held on Tuesday, 17 September 1968 to determine the members of the 12th Provincial Parliament of the Province of Craftia. The incumbent two-term centre-right National Party of Craftia government, led by Premier Wilbur Joyce, was defeated by the centre-left National Labour Party opposition, led by Bert Aaron. Labour won a resounding majority of seats, and also a majority of the popular vote, a feat achieved for the first time since the 1953 election, and not repeated until the 1998 election. The National Party meanwhile suffered a loss of more than a third of its caucus (18 seats). The right-wing Protection of Craftia Party, led by Owen Gold, gained a single seat.
This was the first election in Craftian history with universal suffrage, following the 1967 referendum and the passage of the Voting Representation Act 1967, which allowed all Indigenous Craftians to vote for the first time since 1890. This was also the last election in which a centre-left party won a majority of seats until the National United Party did in the 2019 election.
==Results==
===Legislative Assembly===
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48 	4 	28
Labour	Oth	National
Party	Party 	Votes 	Percentage	Percentage	Swing	Seats	Change
 	National Labour Party 	49,069	51.82 	  	7.51 	48 	16
 	National Party of Craftia 	37,337	39.43 	  	8.93 	28 	18
 	Protection of Craftia Party	5,814 	6.14 	  	0.90 	3 	1
 	Other 	2,471 	2.61 	  	0.52 	1 	1
Total	Total 	94,692	 	 	 	80