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1953 Japanese general election

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1953 Japanese general election

← 1952 19 April 1953 1955 →

All 466 seats in the House of Representatives
234 seats needed for a majority
Turnout74.21% (Decrease2.22pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Shigeru Yoshida smiling2.jpg
Shigemitsu Mamoru.jpg
Suzuki Mosaburo.JPG
Leader Shigeru Yoshida Mamoru Shigemitsu Mosaburō Suzuki
Party Liberal Kaishintō Left Socialist
Last election 47.93%, 240 seats 18.19%, 85 seats 9.62%, 54 seats
Seats won 199 76 72
Seat change Decrease41 Decrease9 Increase18
Popular vote 13,476,428 6,186,232 4,516,715
Percentage 38.95% 17.88% 13.05%
Swing Decrease8.98pp Decrease0.31pp Increase3.43pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Kawakami Jotaro 1952.JPG
Bukichi Miki.jpg
Leader Jōtarō Kawakami Bukichi Miki
Party Right Socialist Liberal Party–Hatoyama
Last election 11.63%, 57 seats Did not exist
Seats won 66 35
Seat change Increase9 New
Popular vote 4,677,833 3,054,688
Percentage 13.52% 8.83%
Swing Increase1.89pp New

Districts shaded according to winners' vote strength

Prime Minister before election

Shigeru Yoshida
Liberal

Elected Prime Minister

Shigeru Yoshida
Liberal

General elections were held in Japan on 19 April 1953.[1] The result saw the ruling Liberal Party win 199 of the 466 seats. Voter turnout was 74.2%.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Party13,476,42838.95199–41
Kaishintō6,186,23217.8876–13
Rightist Socialist Party of Japan4,677,83313.5266+9
Leftist Socialist Party of Japan4,516,71513.0572+18
Liberal Party–Hatoyama3,054,6888.8335New
Japanese Communist Party655,9901.901+1
Labourers and Farmers Party358,7731.045+1
Other parties152,0500.441+2
Independents1,523,7364.4011–8
Total34,602,445100.004660
Valid votes34,602,44599.02
Invalid/blank votes342,6750.98
Total votes34,945,120100.00
Registered voters/turnout47,090,16774.21
Source: Oscarsson, Masumi

By prefecture

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Prefecture Total
seats
Seats won
LP Kaishintō LSPJ RSPJ LP–H LFP JCP Others Ind.
Aichi 19 8 5 5 1
Akita 8 1 2 1 2 2
Aomori 7 4 2 1
Chiba 13 4 3 1 1 4
Ehime 9 5 1 2 1
Fukui 4 3 1
Fukuoka 19 7 3 5 4
Fukushima 12 6 2 1 2 1
Gifu 9 3 1 2 1 2
Gunma 10 3 4 1 2
Hiroshima 12 7 1 1 2 1
Hokkaido 22 8 4 6 1 1 2
Hyōgo 18 9 3 1 4 1
Ibaraki 12 8 3 1
Ishikawa 6 3 1 1 1
Iwate 8 4 1 2 1
Kagawa 6 2 1 1 2
Kagoshima 10 6 2 1 1
Kanagawa 13 3 1 2 3 4
Kōchi 5 4 1
Kumamoto 10 4 4 1 1
Kyoto 10 4 2 2 2
Mie 9 2 4 2 1
Miyagi 9 4 1 1 2 1
Miyazaki 6 3 1 1 1
Nagano 13 7 2 2 2
Nagasaki 9 5 2 1 1
Nara 5 3 1 1
Niigata 15 3 2 3 3 3 1
Ōita 7 4 2 1
Okayama 10 6 2 2
Osaka 19 9 3 5 1 1
Saga 5 3 1 1
Saitama 13 7 4 2
Shiga 5 2 2 1
Shimane 5 2 1 1 1
Shizuoka 14 7 1 3 2 1
Tochigi 10 4 2 2 1 1
Tokushima 5 2 2 1
Tokyo 27 7 1 6 8 5
Tottori 4 1 2 1
Toyama 6 2 3 1
Wakayama 6 3 2 1
Yamagata 8 4 2 2
Yamaguchi 9 4 2 2 1
Yamanashi 5 1 1 1 1 1
Total 466 199 76 72 66 35 5 1 1 11

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p363 ISBN 0-19-924959-8