1953 Japanese general election

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   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 41 9 18 Popular vote 13,476,428 6,186,232 4,516,715 Percentage 38.9% 17.9% 13.1% Swing 9.0pp 0.3pp 3.5pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   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 9 New 1 Popular vote 4,677,833 3,054,688 655,990 Percentage 13.5% 8.8% 1.9% Swing 1.9pp New 0.6pp
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[]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Party	13,476,428	38.95	199	–41
	Kaishintō	6,186,232	17.88	76	–9
	Rightist Socialist Party of Japan	4,677,833	13.52	66	+9
	Leftist Socialist Party of Japan	4,516,715	13.05	72	+18
	Liberal Party–Hatoyama	3,054,688	8.83	35	New
	Japanese Communist Party	655,990	1.90	1	+1
	Labourers and Farmers Party	358,773	1.04	5	+1
	Other parties	152,050	0.44	1	+2
	Independents	1,523,736	4.40	11	–8
Total		34,602,445	100.00	466	0
Valid votes		34,602,445	99.02
Invalid/blank votes		342,675	0.98
Total votes		34,945,120	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		47,090,167	74.21
Source: Oscarsson, Masumi

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