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by arethuza 2393 days ago
He did win the 1951 general election:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_el...

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Yes, without winning the popular vote. From your link:

     Churchill: 13,717,851
        Attlee: 13,948,385
That doesn't really count for anything in our election system.
The point was about Churchill's popularity in Britain (real vs myth), not the British electoral system.