1953 Japanese general election

General elections were held in Japan on 19 April 1953.^[1] The result saw the ruling Liberal Party win 199 of the 466 seats. Voter turnout was 74.2%.

1953 Japanese general election

← 1952 19 April 1953 1955 →
All 466 seats in the House of Representatives 234 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	74.21% (2.22pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Shigeru Yoshida Mamoru Shigemitsu Mosaburō Suzuki Party Liberal Kaishintō Left Socialist Last election 47.93%, 240 seats 18.19%, 85 seats 9.62%, 54 seats Seats won 199 76 72 Seat change 41 9 18 Popular vote 13,476,428 6,186,232 4,516,715 Percentage 38.95% 17.88% 13.05% Swing 8.98pp 0.31pp 3.43pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Jōtarō Kawakami Bukichi Miki Party Right Socialist Liberal Party–Hatoyama Last election 11.63%, 57 seats Did not exist Seats won 66 35 Seat change 9 New Popular vote 4,677,833 3,054,688 Percentage 13.52% 8.83% Swing 1.89pp New
Districts shaded according to winners' vote strength
Prime Minister before election Shigeru Yoshida Liberal Elected Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida Liberal

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Party	13,476,428	38.95	199	–41
	Kaishintō	6,186,232	17.88	76	–13
	Rightist Socialist Party of Japan	4,677,833	13.52	66	+9
	Leftist Socialist Party of Japan	4,516,715	13.05	72	+18
	Liberal Party–Hatoyama	3,054,688	8.83	35	New
	Japanese Communist Party	655,990	1.90	1	+1
	Labourers and Farmers Party	358,773	1.04	5	+1
	Other parties	152,050	0.44	1	+2
	Independents	1,523,736	4.40	11	–8
Total		34,602,445	100.00	466	0
Valid votes		34,602,445	99.02
Invalid/blank votes		342,675	0.98
Total votes		34,945,120	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		47,090,167	74.21
Source: Oscarsson, Masumi

By prefecture

Prefecture	Total seats	Seats won
		LP	Kaishintō	LSPJ	RSPJ	LP–H	LFP	JCP	Others	Ind.
Aichi	19	8	5	5	1
Akita	8	1	2	1	2	2
Aomori	7	4	2	1
Chiba	13	4	3	1	1	4
Ehime	9	5	1	2	1
Fukui	4	3		1
Fukuoka	19	7	3	5	4
Fukushima	12	6	2	1	2	1
Gifu	9	3	1	2	1					2
Gunma	10	3	4	1						2
Hiroshima	12	7	1	1	2	1
Hokkaido	22	8	4	6	1	1	2
Hyōgo	18	9	3	1	4	1
Ibaraki	12	8	3							1
Ishikawa	6	3	1		1					1
Iwate	8	4	1	2	1
Kagawa	6	2	1	1		2
Kagoshima	10	6	2	1	1
Kanagawa	13	3	1	2	3	4
Kōchi	5	4			1
Kumamoto	10	4	4		1					1
Kyoto	10	4	2	2	2
Mie	9	2	4		2	1
Miyagi	9	4	1	1	2				1
Miyazaki	6	3	1	1	1
Nagano	13	7	2	2	2
Nagasaki	9	5	2	1	1
Nara	5	3		1	1
Niigata	15	3	2	3	3	3				1
Ōita	7	4	2		1
Okayama	10	6		2			2
Osaka	19	9		3	5	1		1
Saga	5	3	1	1
Saitama	13	7			4	2
Shiga	5		2		2	1
Shimane	5	2	1		1					1
Shizuoka	14	7	1	3		2	1
Tochigi	10	4	2	2	1	1
Tokushima	5	2	2	1
Tokyo	27	7	1	6	8	5
Tottori	4	1	2	1
Toyama	6	2	3	1
Wakayama	6	3		2		1
Yamagata	8	4		2		2
Yamaguchi	9	4		2	2					1
Yamanashi	5	1	1	1	1					1
Total	466	199	76	72	66	35	5	1	1	11