Democratic Liberal Party (Japan)
Democratic Liberal Party 民主自由党 | |
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| Founded | March 15, 1948[1] |
| Dissolved | March 1, 1950[2] |
| Merger of | Liberal Party[3] Minshu Club[3] |
| Merged into | Liberal Party[3] |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Ideology | Conservatism[3] |
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The Democratic Liberal Party (Japanese: 民主自由党, Minshujiyūtō) was a political party in Japan.
History[]
The party was established in March 1948 as a merger of the Liberal Party, Dōshi Club and a faction of the Democratic Party led by Saitō Takao.[4] United by their opposition to the coal nationalisation law, the new party had 152 MPs and 46 members of the House of Councillors.[4]
As a result of the DLP's attempts to block from forming a new government after Hitoshi Ashida resigned as Prime Minister, the party's Shigeru Yoshida became Prime Minister in October 1948 and early elections were called in January 1949.[4] The DLP won a landslide victory, taking 269 of the 466 seats, the first time a party had held a majority of seats since World War II.[4] Shigeru Yoshida continued as Prime Minister.
In March 1950 the party merged with the Alliance faction of the Democratic Party to form the new Liberal Party.[5]
Leader[]
| No. | Name | Portrait | Term of office | |
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| Took Office | Left Office | |||
| 1 | Shigeru Yoshida | 
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1948 | 1950 |
Election result[]
General election results[]
| Election year | Candidates | # of seats won | Change | Status |
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| 1949 | 420 | 264 / 446
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Notes[]
- ^ Uno 1991, p. 1094.
- ^ Uno 1991, p. 1098.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Yoshida, Kenji. "Minshu-jiyūtō towa" 民主自由党(ミンシュジユウトウ)とは. kotobank.jp (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, pp481–482
- ^ Fukui, p568
References[]
- Uno, Shun'ichi (1991). Nihon zenshi = Japan chronik (in Japanese). Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd. ISBN 4-06-203994-X.
- Defunct political parties in Japan
- Political parties established in 1948
- 1948 establishments in Japan
- Political parties disestablished in 1950
- 1950 disestablishments in Japan