1953 Japanese House of Councillors election

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1953 Japanese House of Councillors election
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  1950 24 April 1953 1956  

128 of the 250 seats in the House of Councillors
126 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Shigeru Yoshida smiling2.jpg Suzuki Mosaburo.JPG
Leader Shigeru Yoshida Mosaburō Suzuki
Party Liberal Left Socialist Ryokufūkai
Seats after934034
Seat changeIncrease2.svg17NewDecrease2.svg16
Popular vote6,149,9273,917,8373,301,011
Percentage22.7%14.3%12.2%
SwingDecrease2.svg6.6%N/ADecrease2.svg0.9%

 Fourth partyFifth party
  Kawakami Jotaro 1952.JPG Shigemitsu Mamoru.jpg
Leader Jōtarō Kawakami Mamoru Shigemitsu
Party Right Socialist Kaishintō
Seats after2615
Seat changeNewNew
Popular vote1,740,4231,630,507
Percentage6.4%6.0%
SwingNewN/A

President of the House of Councillors before election

Naotake Satō
Ryokufūkai

President of the House of Councillors-designate

Yahachi Kawai
Ryokufūkai

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.

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Results

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PartyNationalConstituencySeats
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsNot upWonTotal
after
+/–
Liberal Party 6,149,92722.75168,803,13131.4330474693+17
Left Socialist Party of Japan 3,858,55214.2783,917,83713.9910221840New
Ryokufūkai 3,301,01112.2182,096,1037.488181634–16
Right Socialist Party of Japan 1,740,4236.4432,952,80310.547161026New
Kaishintō 1,630,5076.0332,840,34510.1457815New
Japanese Communist Party 293,8771.090264,7290.950101–3
Labourers and Farmers Party 112,5350.420277,4420.990202–3
Liberal Party–Hatoyama 110,8890.410522,5401.870202New
Other parties332,8981.230322,6741.151011–2
Independents9,504,22035.16156,013,36321.471472936+14
Total27,034,839100.005328,010,967100.00751221282500
Valid votes27,034,83990.9728,010,96794.25
Invalid/blank votes2,682,5849.031,707,9525.75
Total votes29,717,423100.0029,718,919100.00
Registered voters/turnout47,036,55463.1847,036,55463.18
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, [1] [2] National Diet

By constituency

PrefectureTotal
seats
Seats won
LP LSPJ Ryokufūkai RSPJ Kaishintō OthersInd.
Aichi 3111
Akita 11
Aomori 11
Chiba 211
Ehime 11
Fukui 11
Fukuoka 3111
Fukushima 211
Gifu 11
Gunma 211
Hiroshima 211
Hokkaido 41111
Hyōgo 3111
Ibaraki 211
Ishikawa 11
Iwate 11
Kagawa 11
Kagoshima 22
Kanagawa 211
Kōchi 11
Kumamoto 211
Kyoto 211
Mie 11
Miyagi 11
Miyazaki 11
Nagano 211
Nagasaki 11
Nara 11
Niigata 211
Ōita 11
Okayama 211
Osaka 3111
Saga 11
Saitama 211
Shiga 11
Shimane 11
Shizuoka 211
Tochigi 211
Tokushima 11
Tokyo 4211
Tottori 11
Toyama 11
Wakayama 11
Yamagata 11
Yamaguchi 11
Yamanashi 11
National5316883315
Total128471915108128

Aftermath

In the national constituency, a polling station in Sano, Tochigi accidentally had Japan Socialist Party candidate Takeshi Hirabayashi labelled as belonging to the Japanese Communist Party. As a result, the results in Sano were invalidated through an appeal decision of the Supreme Court on 24 September 1954. A re-vote was held on 17 October 1954 with proper labels, and Hirabayashi narrowly won a spot in the lower ranks of the national constituency results. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 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
  2. "27-11 Allotted Number, Candidates, Eligible Voters as of Election Day, Voters and Voting Percentages of Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947-2004)". Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Archived from the original on 2006-01-04.
  3. 参議院事務局編『参議院議員選挙一覧 第3回』参議院事務局、1955年。