1953 Japanese general election

General elections were held in Japan on 19 April 1953. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 202 of the 466 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 74.2%.

1953 Japanese general election

19 April 1953
All 466 seats to 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 Seats won 202 77 72 Seat change 40 12 16 Popular vote 13,653,466 6,231,111 4,516,715 Percentage 39.5% 18.0% 13.1% Swing 8.5% 0.8% 3.3%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Jōtarō Kawakami Bukichi Miki Kyuichi Tokuda Party Rightist Socialist Liberal Party–Hatoyama Communist Seats won 66 35 1 Seat change 6 New 1 Popular vote 4,677,833 3,054,688 655,990 Percentage 13.5% 8.8% 1.9% Swing 0.7% New 0.6%
Prime Minister before election Shigeru Yoshida Liberal Prime Minister-designate Shigeru Yoshida Liberal

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Liberal Party	13,653,466	39.5	202	–40
Kaishintō	6,231,111	18.0	77	–12
Rightist Socialist Party of Japan	4,677,833	13.5	66	+6
Leftist Socialist Party of Japan	4,516,715	13.1	72	+16
Liberal Party–Hatoyama	3,054,688	8.8	35	New
Japanese Communist Party	655,990	1.9	1	+1
Other parties	510,823	1.5	6	+2
Independents	1,301,829	3.8	7	–8
Invalid/blank votes	342,675	–	–	–
Total	34,946,130	100	466	0
Source: Nohlen et al.

Vote share LP   39.46% RP   18.01% RJSP   13.52% LJSP   13.05% LP (Separatists)   8.83% JCP   1.90% Independents   3.76% Others   1.48%

Parliament seats LP   43.35% RP   16.52% LJSP   15.45% RJSP   14.16% LP (Separatists)   7.51% JCP   0.21% Independents   1.50% Others   1.29%

References

1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p. 381 ISBN 0-19-924959-8