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Canadian federal election, 1953

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1953 Election results

National

Party	Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
			Before	After	% Change	#	%	Change
Liberal+	L. St. Laurent	263		169		2,743,013	48.62%	-0.53%
Progressive Conservative	<center> George Drew	248		50		1,749,579	31.01%	+1.39%
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation	<center> M.J. Coldwell	170		23		636,310	11.28%	-2.14%
Social Credit	<center> Solon Low	72		15		305,551	5.42%	+3.11%
Independent	<center>	14		3		58,458	1.04%	-1.05%
Independent Liberal	<center>	20		2		68,506	1.21%	+0.69%
Liberal-Progressive	<center>	1		1		8,958	0.16%	x
Labour Progressive	<center> Tim Buck	100		0		59,622	1.06%	+0.50%
Nationalist	<center> Adrien Arcand	1		0		7,496	0.13%	n.a.
Independent PC	<center>	3		0		1,636	0.03%	-0.11%
Christian Liberal	<center>	1		0		1,505	0.03%	n.a.
Independent SC	<center>	1		0		422	0.01%	x
Locataire (candidat)	<center>	1		0		417	0.01%	n.a.
Anti-Communist	<center>	1		0		333	0.01%	n.a.
Socialist Labour	<center>	1		0		130	x	x
Total	<center>	<center> 897	<center>	<center> 263	<center>	<center> 5,641,936	<center> 100.00%	<center>
Sources: http://www.elections.ca

n.a. = not applicable - the party was not recognized in the previous election

x - less than 0.005% of the popular vote

+ includes one Liberal-Labour