Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)

Democratic Party
Democratic Party; 日本民主党; Nihon Minshutō
Founded	March 31, 1947[1][2][3]
Dissolved	April 28, 1950[4]
Preceded by	Japan Progressive Party[2]
Succeeded by	Democratic Liberal Party[4]; National Democratic Party[4]
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Ideology	Conservatism[5]; Revisionist capitalism[2][5]; Anti-bureaucratism[5]
	Politics of Japan; Political parties; Elections;

The Democratic Party (Japanese: 民主党, Hepburn: Minshutō), officially 日本民主党 (lit. 'Japan Democratic Party') was a conservative political party in Japan.[5]　

History

It's party was founded in spring 1947 by merging the Progressive Party (Shinpo-tō) of Inukai Takeru with a faction of Liberal Party led by Hitoshi Ashida and obtained 124 seats in 1947 elections. The party had held seven seats in Tetsu Katayama's government in 1947-1948. For some months in 1948, party's leader Ashida was Prime minister.

In March 1948, part of DP members led by Kijūrō Shidehara joined the Liberal Party to form the Democratic Liberal Party. In 1949 elections, the DP got 69 seats. The party was finally merged with the National Cooperative Party to form the National Democratic Party in April 1950.

Election results

General election results

Election year	Candidates	# of seats won	Change	Status
1947	350	124 / 466		Governing coalition
1949	208	69 / 466	55	Opposition

Councillors election results

Election year	Seats		Status
Election year	Total	Contested	Status
1947	30 / 250	(uncontested)	Governing coalition

References

Awaya 1983, p. 349.
Kanda 1983, p. 238.
Uno 1991, p. 1092.
Kanda 1983, p. 355.
世界大百科事典第2版の解説 [The Heibonsha World Encyclopedia (2nd ed.) 's explanation]. kotobank.jp (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved December 21, 2020.

Awaya, Kentaro (1983). Showa no Seito. Showa no Rekishi (in Japanese). 6. Tokyo: Shogakukan. ISBN 978-4093760065.
Kanda, Fuhito (1983). Senryō to minshu shugi. Showa no Rekishi (in Japanese). 8. Tokyo: Shogakukan. ISBN 4-09-376008-X.
Uno, Shun'ichi (1991). Nihon zenshi: Japan chronik (in Japanese). Tokyo: Kodansha. ISBN 4-06-203994-X.

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[FOOTNOTEAwaya1983349-1] Awaya 1983, p. 349.

[FOOTNOTEKanda1983238-2] Kanda 1983, p. 238.

[FOOTNOTEUno19911092-3] Uno 1991, p. 1092.

[FOOTNOTEKanda1983355-4] Kanda 1983, p. 355.

[Heibonsha-5] 世界大百科事典第2版の解説 [The Heibonsha World Encyclopedia (2nd ed.) 's explanation]. kotobank.jp (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved December 21, 2020.