1953 Japanese general election

Japanese general election, 1953

19 April 1953

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. Voter turnout was 74.2%.

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% SDPJ   13.52% JSP   13.05% LP (Separatists)   8.83% JCP   1.90% Independents   3.76% Others   1.48%

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