1952 Japanese general election

Japanese general election, 1952

1 October 1952
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 Jōtarō Kawakami Party Liberal Kaishintō Right Socialist Seats won 242 89 60 Seat change New New New Popular vote 16,956,134 6,630,070 4,537,703 Percentage 48.0% 18.8% 12.8%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Mosaburō Suzuki Kyuichi Tokuda Party Left Socialist Communist Seats won 56 0 Seat change New 35 Popular vote 3,464,042 896,765 Percentage 9.8% 2.5%
Prime Minister before election Shigeru Yoshida Liberal Prime Minister-designate 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. Voter turnout was 76.4%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Liberal Party	16,956,134	48.0	242	New
Kaishintō	6,630,070	18.8	89	New
Rightist Socialist Party of Japan	4,537,703	12.8	60	New
Leftist Socialist Party of Japan	3,464,042	9.8	56	New
Japanese Communist Party	896,765	2.5	0	–35
Other parties	602,647	1.7	4	–18
Independents	2,249,999	6.4	15	+7
Invalid/blank votes	412,349	–	–	–
Total	35,749,709	100	466	0
Source: Nohlen et al.

Vote share LP   47.98% RP   18.76% RJSP   12.84% LJSP   9.80% JCP   2.54% Independents   6.37% Others   1.71%

Parliament seats LP   51.93% RP   19.10% RJSP   12.88% LJSP   12.02% Independents   3.22% Others   0.86%