Craftian general election, 1971

A general election was held on Monday, 5 April 1971 to determine the members of the 13th Provincial Parliament of the Province of Craftia. The result was a hung parliament (the first since 1951), with the incumbent centre-left National Labour Party government, led by Premier Harry Harrison, having lost its majority. It was able to continue governing as a minority government with confidence and supply from the new centrist Independent Craftia Party, which won two seats.

The opposition centre-right National Party of Craftia, led by Jim McIntyre, suffered a swing of 13.16 percent but surprisingly gained 11 seats, and the right-wing Protection of Craftia Party, led by Edwin Stevenson, doubled its seat count to six. The new Left Party, formed by radical defectors from the Labour Party, won a single seat.