1952 Japanese general election

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%.

1952 Japanese general election

← 1949 1 October 1952 1953 →

All 466 seats in the House of Representatives
234 seats needed for a majority
Turnout76.43% (Increase 2.39pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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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
 
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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 Decrease 3
Popular vote 3,398,597 261,190
Percentage 9.62% 0.74%
Swing New Decrease 1.24pp

Districts shaded according to winners' vote strength

Prime Minister before election

Shigeru Yoshida
Liberal

Elected Prime Minister

Shigeru Yoshida
Liberal

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Party16,938,22147.93240New
Kaishintō6,429,45018.1985New
Right Socialist Party of Japan4,108,27411.6357New
Left Socialist Party of Japan3,398,5979.6254New
Japanese Communist Party896,7652.540–35
Labourers and Farmers Party261,1900.744–3
Other parties949,0362.697
Independents2,355,1726.6619+7
Total35,336,705100.004660
Valid votes35,336,70598.85
Invalid/blank votes412,3491.15
Total votes35,749,054100.00
Registered voters/turnout46,772,58476.43
Source: Oscarsson, Masumi

By prefecture

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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

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  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.