1953 Japanese House of Councillors election

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 24 April 1953,[1] electing half the seats in the House. The Yoshida faction of the Liberal Party won the most seats.

1953 Japanese House of Councillors election
April 24, 1953
125 (of the 250) seats in the House of Councillors
126 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Shigeru Yoshida Mosaburō Suzuki –
Party Liberal Leftist Socialist Ryokufūkai
Seats after 93 40 34
Seat change 17 New 16
Popular vote 6,149,927 3,917,837 3,301,011
Percentage 22.7% 14.3% 12.2%
Swing 6.6% N/A 0.9%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Jōtarō Kawakami Mamoru Shigemitsu
Party Rightist Socialist Kaishintō
Seats after 26 15
Seat change New New
Popular vote 1,740,423 1,630,507
Percentage 6.4% 6.0%
Swing New N/A
President of the House of Councillors before election

Naotake Satō
Ryokufūkai

 President of the House of Councillors-designate

Yahachi Kawai
Ryokufūkai

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Results
Party Constituency National Total
seats
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Liberal Party8,803,13131.4306,149,92722.71646
Leftist Socialist Party of Japan3,917,83714.0103,858,55214.3818
Rightist Socialist Party of Japan2,952,80310.571,740,4236.4310
Kaishintō2,840,34510.151,630,5076.038
Ryokufūkai2,096,1037.583,301,01112.2816
Liberal Party–Hatoyama522,5401.90110,8890.400
Labourers and Farmers Party277,4221.00112,5350.400
Japanese Communist Party264,7290.90293,8771.100
Other parties322,6741.21332,8981.201
Independents6,013,36321.5149,504,22035.21529
Invalid/blank votes-----
Total28,010,9671007527,034,83910053128
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
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References
  1. Table 13: Persons Elected and Votes Polled by Political Parties - Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947–2004) Archived 2011-03-23 at the Wayback Machine Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
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