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 of Japan
234 seats needed for a majority
  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 Leftist Socialist
Leader's seat Kōchi at-large Ōita–2nd Tokyo–3rd
Seats won 199 76 72
Seat change Decrease41 Decrease9 Increase18
Popular vote 13,476,428 6,186,232 4,516,715
Percentage 38.9% 17.9% 13.1%
Swing Decrease9.0pp Decrease0.3pp Increase3.5pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Kawakami Jotaro 1952.JPG 130x130px 130x130px
Leader Jōtarō Kawakami Bukichi Miki Kyuichi Tokuda
Party Rightist Socialist Liberal Party–Hatoyama Communist
Leader's seat Hyōgo–1st Kagawa–1st Did not contest
Seats won 66 35 1
Seat change Increase9 New Increase1
Popular vote 4,677,833 3,054,688 655,990
Percentage 13.5% 8.8% 1.9%
Swing Increase1.9pp New Decrease0.6pp

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Prime Minister before election

Shigeru Yoshida
Liberal

Prime Minister after election

Shigeru Yoshida
Liberal

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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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By prefecture

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

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