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1953 Japanese general election

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Field	Value
country	Japan
flag_year	1870
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1952 Japanese general election	previous_year = 1952	election_date = 19 April 1953	next_election = 1955 Japanese general election	next_year = 1955
seats_for_election	All 466 seats in the House of Representatives
majority_seats	234
turnout	74.21% ( 2.22pp)
image_size	130x130px
image1	Shigeru Yoshida smiling2.jpg
leader1	Shigeru Yoshida
party1	Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)
last_election1	47.93%, 240 seats
seats1	199
seat_change1	41
popular_vote1	13,476,428
percentage1	38.95%
swing1	8.98pp
image2	Shigemitsu Mamoru.jpg
leader2	Mamoru Shigemitsu
party2	Kaishintō
last_election2	18.19%, 85 seats
seats2	76
seat_change2	9
popular_vote2	6,186,232
percentage2	17.88%
swing2	0.31pp
image3	Suzuki Mosaburo.JPG
leader3	Mosaburō Suzuki
party3	Leftist Socialist Party of Japan
last_election3	9.62%, 54 seats
seats3	72
seat_change3	18
popular_vote3	4,516,715
percentage3	13.05%
swing3	3.43pp
image4	Kawakami Jotaro 1952.JPG
leader4	Jōtarō Kawakami
party4	Rightist Socialist Party of Japan
last_election4	11.63%, 57 seats
seats4	66
seat_change4	9
popular_vote4	4,677,833
percentage4	13.52%
swing4	1.89pp
image5	Bukichi Miki.jpg
leader5	Bukichi Miki
party5	Liberal Party–Hatoyama
last_election5	Did not exist
seats5	35
seat_change5	New
popular_vote5	3,054,688
percentage5	8.83%
swing5	New
map_image	1953 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 19 April 1953. The result saw the ruling Liberal Party win 199 of the 466 seats. Voter turnout was 74%.

Results

By prefecture

Prefecture	Total
seats	Seats won	LP	Kaishintō	LSPJ	RSPJ	LP–H	LFP	JCP	JPP	Ind.	Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)}};"	Kaishintō}};"	Leftist Socialist Party of Japan}};"	Rightist Socialist Party of Japan}};"	Liberal Party–Hatoyama}}"	Labourers and Farmers Party}};"	Japanese Communist 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	199	76	72	66	35	5	1	1	11
8	5	5	1
1	2	1	2	2
4	2	1
4	3	1	1	4
5	1	2	1
3		1
7	3	5	4
6	2	1	2	1
3	1	2	1					2
3	4	1						2
7	1	1	2	1
8	4	6	1	1	2
9	3	1	4	1
8	3							1
3	1		1					1
4	1	2	1
2	1	1		2
6	2	1	1
3	1	2	3	4
4			1
4	4		1					1
4	2	2	2
2	4		2	1
4	1	1	2				1
3	1	1	1
7	2	2	2
5	2	1	1
3		1	1
3	2	3	3	3				1
4	2		1
6		2			2
9		3	5	1		1
3	1	1
7			4	2
	2		2	1
2	1		1					1
7	1	3		2	1
4	2	2	1	1
2	2	1
7	1	6	8	5
1	2	1
2	3	1
3		2		1
4		2		2
4		2	2					1
1	1	1	1					1

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p363 {{ISBN. 0-19-924959-8

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