1952 Japanese general election

1952 Japanese general election

← 1949 1 October 1952 1953 →
All 466 seats in the House of Representatives 234 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Shigeru Yoshida Mamoru Shigemitsu Jōtarō Kawakami Party Liberal Kaishintō Rightist Socialist Leader's seat Kōchi at-large Ōita–2nd Hyōgo–1st Last election Did not exist Did not exist Did not exist Seats won 240 89 57 Seat change New New New Popular vote 16,938,221 6,429,450 4,108,274 Percentage 47.9% 18.2% 11.6% Swing New New New   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Mosaburō Suzuki Party Leftist Socialist Labourers–Farmers Leader's seat Tokyo–3rd Okayama–1st Last election Did not exist 2.0%, 7 seats Seats won 54 4 Seat change New 3 Popular vote 3,398,597 261,190 Percentage 9.6% 0.7% Swing New 1.3pp
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 1 October 1952. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 242 of the 466 seats.^[1][2] Voter turnout was 76.4%.

Results[]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Party	16,938,221	47.93	240	New
	Kaishintō	6,429,450	18.19	85	New
	Rightist Socialist Party of Japan	4,108,274	11.63	57	New
	Leftist Socialist Party of Japan	3,398,597	9.62	54	New
	Japanese Communist Party	896,765	2.54	0	–35
	Labourers and Farmers Party	261,190	0.74	4	–3
	Other parties	949,036	2.69	7	–
	Independents	2,355,172	6.66	19	+7
Total		35,336,705	100.00	466	0
Valid votes		35,336,705	98.85
Invalid/blank votes		412,349	1.15
Total votes		35,749,054	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		46,772,584	76.43
Source: Oscarsson, Masumi

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