1953 Japanese general election

none Japan 1870 parliamentary 1952 Japanese general election 1952 19 April 1953 1955 Japanese general election 1955 All 466 seats in the House of Representatives 234 74.21% ( 2.22pp) 130x130px Shigeru Yoshida smiling2.jpg Shigeru Yoshida Liberal Party (Japan, 1950) 47.93%, 240 seats 199 41 13,476,428 38.95% 8.98pp Shigemitsu Mamoru.jpg Mamoru Shigemitsu Kaishintō 18.19%, 85 seats 76 9 6,186,232 17.88% 0.31pp Suzuki Mosaburo.JPG Mosaburō Suzuki Leftist Socialist Party of Japan 9.62%, 54 seats 72 18 4,516,715 13.05% 3.43pp Kawakami Jotaro 1952.JPG Jōtarō Kawakami Rightist Socialist Party of Japan 11.63%, 57 seats 66 9 4,677,833 13.52% 1.89pp Bukichi Miki.jpg Bukichi Miki Liberal Party–Hatoyama Did not exist 35 New 3,054,688 8.83% New 1953 JAPAN GENERAL ELECTION, combined vote share.svg Districts shaded according to winners' vote strength Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida Liberal Party (Japan, 1950) Shigeru Yoshida Liberal Party (Japan, 1950) General elections were held in Japan on 19 April 1953.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p363 0-19-924959-8 The result saw the ruling Liberal Party win 199 of the 466 seats. Voter turnout was 74%. Results Liberal Party 13476428 199 −41 Kaishintō 6186232 76 −13 Rightist Socialist Party of Japan 4677833 66 +9 Leftist Socialist Party of Japan 4516715 72 +18 Liberal Party–Hatoyama 3054688 35 New Japanese Communist Party 655990 1 +1 Labourers and Farmers Party 358773 5 +1 Japan People's Party 73472 1 0 National Liaison Group for the Reconstruction of the Socialist Party 28560 0 0 Rikken Yōseikai 21981 0 0 Greater Japan Patriotic Party 13029 0 0 Yasukuni New Politics Party 4322 0 New World Party 4248 0 0 United Socialist Party 4057 0 0 Association for Protecting the National Spirit 1197 0 New Japan Peace Party 787 0 New National Socialist Japanese Workers' Party 397 0 0 Independents 1523736 11 −8 342675 47090167 0 Oscarsson, Masumi, Ministry of Home Affairs By prefecture PrefectureTotalseatsSeats wonLPKaishintōLSPJRSPJLP–HLFPJCPJPPInd.Aichi198551Akita812122Aomori7421Chiba1343114Ehime95121Fukui431Fukuoka197354Fukushima1262121Gifu931212Gunma103412Hiroshima1271121Hokkaido22846112Hyōgo1893141Ibaraki12831Ishikawa63111Iwate84121Kagawa62112Kagoshima106211Kanagawa1331234Kōchi541Kumamoto104411Kyoto104222Mie92421Miyagi941121Miyazaki63111Nagano137222Nagasaki95211Nara5311Niigata15323331Ōita7421Okayama10622Osaka1993511Saga5311Saitama13742Shiga5221Shimane52111Shizuoka1471321Tochigi1042211Tokushima5221Tokyo2771685Tottori4121Toyama6231Wakayama6321Yamagata8422Yamaguchi94221Yamanashi511111Total4661997672663551111 See also "you idiot" dissolution ja バカヤロー解散 - A nickname of the dissolution of the House that led to the 1953 general election.https://www.nippon.com/en/features/h00086/ Dissolving the House of Representatives: A Powerful Political Tool nippon.com October 11, 2017 May 4, 2026https://medium.com/@sixtybolts/you-idiot-day-how-an-insult-brought-down-the-japanese-government-247b7dc3c3e4 ‘You Idiot’ Day: How an Insult Brought Down the Japanese Government Yow Hong Chieh medium.com February 19, 2025 May 4, 2026 References Japan General Category:General elections in Japan Japan