1953 Los Angeles mayoral election

1953 Los Angeles mayoral election

← 1949 April 7, 1953 (1953-04-07) and May 26, 1953 (1953-05-26) 1957 →
 
Candidate Norris Poulson Fletcher Bowron Lloyd Aldrich
First round vote 212,668
44.06%
179,205
37.13%
70,823
14.67%
First round percentage 287,619
53.23%
252,721
46.77%
Eliminated

Mayor before election

Fletcher Bowron

Elected Mayor

Norris Poulson

The 1953 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on April 7, 1953, with a run-off election on May 26, 1953. Incumbent Fletcher Bowron was defeated by Norris Poulson, a U.S. Representative.[1]

Municipal elections in California, including Mayor of Los Angeles, are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference poulsonwins was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "LOS ANGELES: STRUCTURE OF A CITY GOVERNMENT" (PDF). League of Women Voters.