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Template:1952 Alberta general election/Willingdon

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1952 Alberta general election: Willingdon
Party Candidate Votes
1st count
% Votes
final count
±%
Co-operative Commonwealth Nick W. Dushenski 1,760 42.55% 2,026 -4.30%
Social Credit William Tomyn 1,716 41.49% 1,812 -11.66%
Liberal John J. Fedun 660 15.96%
Total 4,136
Rejected, spoiled and declined 201
Eligible electors / turnout 5,776 75.09% 2.49%
Co-operative Commonwealth gain from Social Credit Swing -2.62%
Source(s)
Source: "Willingdon Official Results 1952 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.