1952 Japanese general election

1952 Japanese general election

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All 466 seats in the House of Representatives 234 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	76.43% ( 2.39pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Shigeru Yoshida Mamoru Shigemitsu Jōtarō Kawakami Party Liberal Kaishintō Right Socialist Last election Did not exist Did not exist Did not exist Seats won 240 85 57 Seat change New New New Popular vote 16,938,221 6,429,450 4,108,274 Percentage 47.93% 18.19% 11.63% Swing New New New   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Mosaburō Suzuki Hisao Kuroda Party Left Socialist Labourers and Farmers Last election Did not exist 1.98%, 7 seats Seats won 54 4 Seat change New 3 Popular vote 3,398,597 261,190 Percentage 9.62% 0.74% Swing New 1.24pp
Districts shaded according to winners' vote strength
Prime Minister before election Shigeru Yoshida Liberal Elected Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida Liberal

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%.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Party	16,938,221	47.93	240	New
	Kaishintō	6,429,450	18.19	85	New
	Right Socialist Party of Japan	4,108,274	11.63	57	New
	Left Socialist Party of Japan	3,398,597	9.62	54	New
	Japanese Communist Party	896,765	2.54	0	−35
	Cooperative Party  [ ja ]	390,015	1.10	2	New
	Labourers and Farmers Party	261,190	0.74	4	–3
	Japan Reconstruction Federation  [ ja ]	185,108	0.52	1	New
	Japan Teachers Political Federation  [ ja ]	114,869	0.33	2	New
	Fukuoka Rural Federation	59,949	0.17	1	–1
	Japan People's Party  [ ja ]	57,894	0.16	1	+1
	National Liaison Group for the Reconstruction of the Socialist Party  [ ja ]	33,617	0.10	0	New
	New Liberal Party  [ ja ]	27,327	0.08	0	–2
	Rikken Yōseikai  [ ja ]	18,570	0.05	0	–1
	Greater Japan Patriotic Party	17,257	0.05	0	New
	Tosa Farmers Union	9,592	0.03	0	New
	United Socialist Party	7,826	0.02	0	New
	Yamato Party	7,041	0.02	0	New
	Social Democratic Party (Oda Toshiyo)	6,609	0.02	0	New
	Pro-American Fraternal Labor Party	5,719	0.02	0	0
	World Party	3,972	0.01	0	New
	Greater Japan Independent Youth Party	1,826	0.01	0	0
	Constitutional Japan National Party	1,559	0.00	0	New
	National Socialist Japanese Workers' Party	286	0.00	0	New
	Independents	2,355,172	6.66	19	+7
Total		35,336,705	100.00	466	0
Valid votes		35,336,705	98.85
Invalid/blank votes		412,349	1.15
Total votes		35,749,054	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		46,772,584	76.43
Source: Oscarsson, Masumi, Ministry of Home Affairs

By prefecture

Prefecture	Total seats	Seats won
		LP	Kaishintō	RSPJ	LSPJ	LFP	Others	Ind.
Aichi	19	9	4	1	4			1
Akita	8	4	2	2
Aomori	7	4	3
Chiba	13	8	3	1	1
Ehime	9	6	1		1		1
Fukui	4	4
Fukuoka	19	6	3	4	4		1	1
Fukushima	12	7	2	2	1
Gifu	9	4	2		2			1
Gunma	10	2	4	2	1			1
Hiroshima	12	8	3	1
Hokkaido	22	9	4		7	2
Hyōgo	18	8	5	3	1			1
Ibaraki	12	7	3			1		1
Ishikawa	6	3	2					1
Iwate	8	6	1	1
Kagawa	6	4		1	1
Kagoshima	10	7	1	1	1
Kanagawa	13	6	2	4	1
Kōchi	5	4	1
Kumamoto	10	4	3		1		1	1
Kyoto	10	4	2	1	2		1
Mie	9	3	5					1
Miyagi	9	4		3	1		1
Miyazaki	6	4	1	1
Nagano	13	8	2	2	1
Nagasaki	9	5	2	1	1
Nara	5	3			1			1
Niigata	15	8	3	2	2
Ōita	7	2	2	1				2
Okayama	10	7			1	1		1
Osaka	19	9	2	6	2
Saga	5	2			1			2
Saitama	13	10		2				1
Shiga	5	2	1	2
Shimane	5	2	1	1			1
Shizuoka	14	10	1		3
Tochigi	10	5	3	1	1
Tokushima	5	1	3		1
Tokyo	27	11	2	9	5
Tottori	4	2	1		1
Toyama	6	3	3
Wakayama	6	1	2		2			1
Yamagata	8	6			2
Yamaguchi	9	6		2				1
Yamanashi	5	2			1		1	1
Total	466	240	85	57	54	4	7	19

References

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.