1953 Japanese general election

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%.

1953 Japanese general election

← 195219 April 19531955 →

All 466 seats in the House of Representatives
234 seats needed for a majority
Turnout74.21% (Decrease2.22pp)
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderShigeru YoshidaMamoru ShigemitsuMosaburō Suzuki
PartyLiberalKaishintōLeft Socialist
Seats won1997672
Seat changeDecrease41Decrease9Increase18
Popular vote13,476,4286,186,2324,516,715
Percentage38.95%17.88%13.05%
SwingDecrease8.98ppDecrease0.31ppIncrease3.43pp

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
LeaderJōtarō KawakamiBukichi MikiKyuichi Tokuda
PartyRight SocialistLiberal Party–HatoyamaCommunist
Seats won66351
Seat changeIncrease9NewIncrease1
Popular vote4,677,8333,054,688655,990
Percentage13.52%8.83%1.90%
SwingIncrease1.89ppNewDecrease0.64pp


Prime Minister before election

Shigeru Yoshida
Liberal

Prime Minister after election

Shigeru Yoshida
Liberal

Results edit

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Party13,476,42838.95199–41
Kaishintō6,186,23217.8876–9
Rightist Socialist Party of Japan4,677,83313.5266+9
Leftist Socialist Party of Japan4,516,71513.0572+18
Liberal Party–Hatoyama3,054,6888.8335New
Japanese Communist Party655,9901.901+1
Labourers and Farmers Party358,7731.045+1
Other parties152,0500.441+2
Independents1,523,7364.4011–8
Total34,602,445100.004660
Valid votes34,602,44599.02
Invalid/blank votes342,6750.98
Total votes34,945,120100.00
Registered voters/turnout47,090,16774.21
Source: Oscarsson, Masumi

By prefecture edit

PrefectureTotal
seats
Seats won
LPKaishintōLSPJRSPJLP–HLFPJCPOthersInd.
Aichi198551
Akita812122
Aomori7421
Chiba1343114
Ehime95121
Fukui431
Fukuoka197354
Fukushima1262121
Gifu931212
Gunma103412
Hiroshima1271121
Hokkaido22846112
Hyōgo1893141
Ibaraki12831
Ishikawa63111
Iwate84121
Kagawa62112
Kagoshima106211
Kanagawa1331234
Kōchi541
Kumamoto104411
Kyoto104222
Mie92421
Miyagi941121
Miyazaki63111
Nagano137222
Nagasaki95211
Nara5311
Niigata15323331
Ōita7421
Okayama10622
Osaka1993511
Saga5311
Saitama13742
Shiga5221
Shimane52111
Shizuoka1471321
Tochigi1042211
Tokushima5221
Tokyo2771685
Tottori4121
Toyama6231
Wakayama6321
Yamagata8422
Yamaguchi94221
Yamanashi511111
Total4661997672663551111

References edit

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p363 ISBN 0-19-924959-8