1953 Japanese general election

General elections were held in Japan on 19 April 1953. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 202 of the 466 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 74.2%.

1953 Japanese general election

19 April 1953

All 466 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan
234 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Shigeru Yoshida Mamoru Shigemitsu Mosaburō Suzuki
Party Liberal Kaishintō Leftist Socialist
Seats won 202 77 72
Seat change 40 12 16
Popular vote 13,653,466 6,231,111 4,516,715
Percentage 39.5% 18.0% 13.1%
Swing 8.5% 0.8% 3.3%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Jōtarō Kawakami Bukichi Miki Kyuichi Tokuda
Party Rightist Socialist Liberal Party–Hatoyama Communist
Seats won 66 35 1
Seat change 6 New 1
Popular vote 4,677,833 3,054,688 655,990
Percentage 13.5% 8.8% 1.9%
Swing 0.7% New 0.6%

Prime Minister before election

Shigeru Yoshida
Liberal

Prime Minister-designate

Shigeru Yoshida
Liberal

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Liberal Party13,653,46639.5202–40
Kaishintō6,231,11118.077–12
Rightist Socialist Party of Japan4,677,83313.566+6
Leftist Socialist Party of Japan4,516,71513.172+16
Liberal Party–Hatoyama3,054,6888.835New
Japanese Communist Party655,9901.91+1
Other parties510,8231.56+2
Independents1,301,8293.87–8
Invalid/blank votes342,675
Total34,946,1301004660
Source: Nohlen et al.
Vote share
LP
39.46%
RP
18.01%
RJSP
13.52%
LJSP
13.05%
LP (Separatists)
8.83%
JCP
1.90%
Independents
3.76%
Others
1.48%
Parliament seats
LP
43.35%
RP
16.52%
LJSP
15.45%
RJSP
14.16%
LP (Separatists)
7.51%
JCP
0.21%
Independents
1.50%
Others
1.29%

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p. 381 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
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