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1952 Japanese general election

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Field	Value
country	Japan
flag_year	1870
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1949 Japanese general election
previous_year	1949
election_date	1 October 1952
next_election	1953 Japanese general election
next_year	1953
seats_for_election	All 466 seats in the House of Representatives
majority_seats	234
image_size	130x130px
turnout	76.43% ( 2.39pp)
image1	Shigeru Yoshida smiling2.jpg
leader1	Shigeru Yoshida
party1	Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)
last_election1	Did not exist
seats1	240
seat_change1	New
popular_vote1	16,938,221
percentage1	47.93%
swing1	New
image2	Shigemitsu Mamoru.jpg
leader2	Mamoru Shigemitsu
party2	Kaishintō
last_election2	Did not exist
seats2	85
seat_change2	New
popular_vote2	6,429,450
percentage2	18.19%
swing2	New
image3	Kawakami Jotaro 1952.JPG
leader3	Jōtarō Kawakami
party3	Right Socialist Party of Japan
last_election3	Did not exist
seats3	57
seat_change3	New
popular_vote3	4,108,274
percentage3	11.63%
swing3	New
image4	Suzuki Mosaburo.JPG
leader4	Mosaburō Suzuki
party4	Left Socialist Party of Japan
last_election4	Did not exist
seats4	54
seat_change4	New
popular_vote4	3,398,597
percentage4	9.62%
swing4	New
leader5
image5	Hisao Kuroda 01.jpg
party5	Labourers and Farmers Party
last_election5	1.98%, 7 seats
percentage5	0.74%
seats5	4
seat_change5	3
popular_vote5	261,190
swing5	1.24pp
map_image	1952 JAPAN GENERAL ELECTION, combined vote share.svg
map_caption	Districts shaded according to winners' vote strength
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Shigeru Yoshida
before_party	Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)
after_election	Shigeru Yoshida
after_party	Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)

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

Ministry of Home Affairs

By prefecture

Prefecture	Total
seats	Seats won	LP	Kaishintō	RSPJ	LSPJ	LFP	Others	Ind.	Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)}};"	Kaishintō}};"	Rightist Socialist Party of Japan}};"	Leftist Socialist Party of Japan}};"	Labourers and Farmers Party}};"	Independent}};"	Aichi	19	Akita	8	Aomori	7	Chiba	13	Ehime	9	Fukui	4	Fukuoka	19	Fukushima	12	Gifu	9	Gunma	10	Hiroshima	12	Hokkaido	22	Hyōgo	18	Ibaraki	12	Ishikawa	6	Iwate	8	Kagawa	6	Kagoshima	10	Kanagawa	13	Kōchi	5	Kumamoto	10	Kyoto	10	Mie	9	Miyagi	9	Miyazaki	6	Nagano	13	Nagasaki	9	Nara	5	Niigata	15	Ōita	7	Okayama	10	Osaka	19	Saga	5	Saitama	13	Shiga	5	Shimane	5	Shizuoka	14	Tochigi	10	Tokushima	5	Tokyo	27	Tottori	4	Toyama	6	Wakayama	6	Yamagata	8	Yamaguchi	9	Yamanashi	5	Total	466	240	85	57	54	4	7	19
9	4	1	4			1
4	2	2
4	3
8	3	1	1
6	1		1		1
4
6	3	4	4		1	1
7	2	2	1
4	2		2			1
2	4	2	1			1
8	3	1
9	4		7	2
8	5	3	1			1
7	3			1		1
3	2					1
6	1	1
4		1	1
7	1	1	1
6	2	4	1
4	1
4	3		1		1	1
4	2	1	2		1
3	5					1
4		3	1		1
4	1	1
8	2	2	1
5	2	1	1
3			1			1
8	3	2	2
2	2	1				2
7			1	1		1
9	2	6	2
2			1			2
10		2				1
2	1	2
2	1	1			1
10	1		3
5	3	1	1
1	3		1
11	2	9	5
2	1		1
3	3
1	2		2			1
6			2
6		2				1
2			1		1	1

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p381 {{ISBN. 0-19-924959-8
Dull, Paul S.. (1953). "The Japanese General Election of 1952". American Political Science Review.

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