1953 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland election

Federal elections were held in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland on 15 December 1953. They were the first elections to the Legislative Assembly of the federation, which had been formed a few months before. The elections saw a landslide victory for the Federal Party under Godfrey Huggins, who had been Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia for the past 20 years.

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