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1953 Japanese House of Councillors election

Field	Value
election_name	1953 Japanese House of Councillors election
country	Japan
flag_year	1870
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1950 Japanese House of Councillors election
previous_year	1950
next_election	1956 Japanese House of Councillors election
next_year	1956
seats_for_election	128 of the 250 seats in the House of Councillors
majority_seats	126
image_size	130x130px
election_date	24 April 1953
image1	Shigeru Yoshida smiling2.jpg
leader1	Shigeru Yoshida
party1	Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)
seats_after1	93
seat_change1	17
popular_vote1	6,149,927
percentage1	22.7%
swing1	6.6%
image2	Suzuki Mosaburo.JPG
leader2	Mosaburō Suzuki
party2	Left Socialist Party of Japan
seats_after2	40
seat_change2	New
popular_vote2	3,917,837
percentage2	14.3%
swing2	N/A
party3	Ryokufūkai (1947–1960)
seats_after3	34
seat_change3	16
popular_vote3	3,301,011
percentage3	12.2%
swing3	0.9%
image4	Kawakami Jotaro 1952.JPG
leader4	Jōtarō Kawakami
party4	Right Socialist Party of Japan
seats_after4	26
seat_change4	New
popular_vote4	1,740,423
percentage4	6.4%
swing4	New
image5	Shigemitsu Mamoru.jpg
leader5	Mamoru Shigemitsu
party5	Kaishintō
seats_after5	15
seat_change5	New
popular_vote5	1,630,507
percentage5	6.0%
swing5	N/A
map_image	[[File:1953 Japanese House of Councillors election - Map.svg	350px]]
map_caption	Results of the election, showing the winning candidates in each prefecture and the national block.
title	President of the House of Councillors
posttitle	President of the House of Councillors-designate
before_election	Naotake Satō
before_party	Ryokufūkai (1947–1960)
after_election	Yahachi Kawai
after_party	Ryokufūkai (1947–1960)

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 24 April 1953, electing half the seats in the House. The Yoshida faction of the Liberal Party won the most seats.

Results

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By constituency

Prefecture	Total
seats	Seats won	LP	LSPJ	Ryokufūkai	RSPJ	Kaishintō	Others	Ind.	Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)}};"	Leftist Socialist Party of Japan}};"	Ryokufūkai (1947–1960)}};"	Rightist Socialist Party of Japan}};"	Kaishintō}};"	Independent}};"	Aichi	3	Akita	1	Aomori	1	Chiba	2	Ehime	1	Fukui	1	Fukuoka	3	Fukushima	2	Gifu	1	Gunma	2	Hiroshima	2	Hokkaido	4	Hyōgo	3	Ibaraki	2	Ishikawa	1	Iwate	1	Kagawa	1	Kagoshima	2	Kanagawa	2	Kōchi	1	Kumamoto	2	Kyoto	2	Mie	1	Miyagi	1	Miyazaki	1	Nagano	2	Nagasaki	1	Nara	1	Niigata	2	Ōita	1	Okayama	2	Osaka	3	Saga	1	Saitama	2	Shiga	1	Shimane	1	Shizuoka	2	Tochigi	2	Tokushima	1	Tokyo	4	Tottori	1	Toyama	1	Wakayama	1	Yamagata	1	Yamaguchi	1	Yamanashi	1	National	53	Total	128	47	19	15	10	8	1	28
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1
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1
1				1
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2	1					1
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16	8	8	3	3		15

Aftermath

In the national constituency, a polling station in Sano, Tochigi accidentally had Japan Socialist Party candidate Takeshi Hirabayashi labelled as belonging to the Japanese Communist Party. As a result, the results in Sano were invalidated through an appeal decision of the Supreme Court on 24 September 1954. A re-vote was held on 17 October 1954 with proper labels, and Hirabayashi narrowly won a spot in the lower ranks of the national constituency results.

References

[http://www.stat.go.jp/data/chouki/zuhyou/27-13.xls Table 13: Persons Elected and Votes Polled by Political Parties - Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947–2004)] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-03-23 [[Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications]])
"27-11 Allotted Number, Candidates, Eligible Voters as of Election Day, Voters and Voting Percentages of Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947-2004)".
参議院事務局編『参議院議員選挙一覧第3回』参議院事務局、1955年。

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