1952 Japanese general election

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%.

1952 Japanese general election

← 19491 October 19521953 →

All 466 seats in the House of Representatives
234 seats needed for a majority
Turnout76.43% (Increase2.39pp)
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderShigeru YoshidaMamoru ShigemitsuJōtarō Kawakami
PartyLiberalKaishintōRight Socialist
Last election
Seats won2408957
Seat changeNewNewNew
Popular vote16,938,2216,429,4504,108,274
Percentage47.93%18.19%11.63%
SwingNewNewNew

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
LeaderMosaburō SuzukiHisao Kuroda
PartyLeft SocialistLabourers and Farmers
Last election1.98%, 7 seats
Seats won544
Seat changeNewDecrease 3
Popular vote3,398,597261,190
Percentage9.62%0.74%
SwingNewDecrease 1.24pp


Prime Minister before election

Shigeru Yoshida
Liberal

Prime Minister after election

Shigeru Yoshida
Liberal

Results edit

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Party16,938,22147.93240New
Kaishintō6,429,45018.1985New
Right Socialist Party of Japan4,108,27411.6357New
Left Socialist Party of Japan3,398,5979.6254New
Japanese Communist Party896,7652.540–35
Labourers and Farmers Party261,1900.744–3
Other parties949,0362.697
Independents2,355,1726.6619+7
Total35,336,705100.004660
Valid votes35,336,70598.85
Invalid/blank votes412,3491.15
Total votes35,749,054100.00
Registered voters/turnout46,772,58476.43
Source: Oscarsson, Masumi

By prefecture edit

PrefectureTotal
seats
Seats won
LPKaishintōRSPJLSPJLFPOthersInd.
Aichi1994141
Akita8422
Aomori743
Chiba138311
Ehime96111
Fukui44
Fukuoka19634411
Fukushima127221
Gifu94221
Gunma1024211
Hiroshima12831
Hokkaido229472
Hyōgo1885311
Ibaraki127311
Ishikawa6321
Iwate8611
Kagawa6411
Kagoshima107111
Kanagawa136241
Kōchi541
Kumamoto1043111
Kyoto1042121
Mie9351
Miyagi94311
Miyazaki6411
Nagano138221
Nagasaki95211
Nara5311
Niigata158322
Ōita72212
Okayama107111
Osaka199262
Saga5212
Saitama131021
Shiga5212
Shimane52111
Shizuoka141013
Tochigi105311
Tokushima5131
Tokyo2711295
Tottori4211
Toyama633
Wakayama61221
Yamagata862
Yamaguchi9621
Yamanashi52111
Total4662408557544719

References edit

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p381 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. ^ Dull, Paul S. (1953). "The Japanese General Election of 1952". American Political Science Review. 47 (1): 199–204. doi:10.2307/1950965. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1950965. S2CID 145260954.