1953 Sawbranian parliamentary election

1953 Sawbranian parliamentary election

19 September 1953 (1953-09-19)
All 200 seats of the National Assembly 101 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	99.7%
Majority party   Leader Gregory Kren Party Communist Party of Sawbrania Alliance National Front of Sawbrania Seats after 83 Seat change 2
Chairman of the Republic before election Gregory Kren Communist Party of Sawbrania Elected Chairman of the Republic Gregory Kren Communist Party of Sawbrania

Parliamentary elections were held in Sawbrania on September 19 1953. The only electoral coalition allowed to contest was the National Front of Sawbrania. According to the official figures, the turnout was at 99.7% and 99.9% of votes went to the single ballot.

The elections were done using First-past-the-post system with 200 electoral constituencies. Every constituency was presented with a single candidate, despite there being no official rule demanding only one candidate nomination in each constituency.

Despite there being independent candidates, the ballot was effectively communist, with the few independent politicians being added to present a façade of pluralism.

Results

Party				Votes	%	Seats
	National Front of Sawbrania		Communist Party of Sawbrania	11,253,107	99.9	83
			Socialist Party of Sawbrania			75
			People's Party of Sawbrania			7
			Union of Nitiran Communists			5
			Coalition of Democratic Workers			3
			Independents			27
Against				10,758	0.1	–
Invalid/blank votes				12,314	–	–
Total				11,276,179	100	200
Registered voter/turnout				11,321,464	99,7	–