1952 Japanese general election

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1952 Japanese general election

← 1949 1 October 1952 1953 →

All 466 seats in the House of Representatives
234 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 76.43% (Increase2.39pp)
  First party Second party Third party
  Shigeru Yoshida smiling2.jpg Shigemitsu Mamoru.jpg Kawakami Jotaro 1952.JPG
Leader Shigeru Yoshida Mamoru Shigemitsu Jōtarō Kawakami
Party Liberal Kaishintō Right Socialist Party of Japan
Last election
Seats won 240 89 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
  Suzuki Mosaburo.JPG 130x130px
Leader Mosaburō Suzuki Hisao Kuroda
Party Left Socialist Party of Japan Labourers and Farmers Party
Last election 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

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Prime Minister before election

Shigeru Yoshida
Liberal

Prime Minister after election

Shigeru Yoshida
Liberal

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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%.

Results

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By prefecture

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
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