Los Angeles mayoral election, 1953
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1953 election for Mayor of Los Angeles took place on April 7, 1953, with a run-off election on May 26, 1953. Incumbent Fletcher Bowron was defeated by Norris Poulson.
Results
Primary election
| Los Angeles mayoral primary election, April 7, 1953[1][2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Norris Poulson | 212,668 | 44.06% | ||
| Republican | Fletcher Bowron | 179,205 | 37.13% | -7.86% | |
| Independent | Lloyd Aldrich | 70,823 | 14.67% | -7.28% | |
| Independent | Paul Burke | 16,455 | 3.41% | ||
| Socialist Workers | Myra Tanner Weiss | 3,541 | 0.73% | +0.35% | |
| Total votes | 482,692 | 100.00 | |||
General election
| Los Angeles mayoral general election, May 26, 1953[2][3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Norris Poulson | 287,619 | 53.23% | ||
| Republican | Fletcher Bowron | 252,721 | 46.77% | -6.71% | |
| Total votes | 540,340 | 100.00 | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
References and footnotes
- ↑ "Los Angeles Mayor". Our Campaigns.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Officially all candidates are non-partisan.
- ↑ "Los Angeles Mayor". Our Campaigns.
External links
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
_edit1.jpg)