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Template:1955 Alberta general election/Willingdon

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1955 Alberta general election: Willingdon
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
±%
Co-operative Commonwealth Nick W. Dushenski 1,729 42.53% 2,108 -0.02%
Social Credit Nicholas A. Melnyk 1,580 38.87% 1,701 -2.62%
Liberal Nick Shandro 756 18.60% 2.64%
Total 4,065
Rejected, spoiled and declined 203
Eligible electors / turnout 5,654 75.49% 0.40%
Co-operative Commonwealth hold Swing 1.30%
Source(s)
Source: "Willingdon Official Results 1955 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Instant-runoff voting requires a candidate to receive a plurality (greater than 50%) of the votes.
As no candidate received a plurality of votes, the bottom candidate was eliminated and their 2nd place votes were applied to both other candidates until one received a plurality.