Japanese House of Councillors election, 1953

April 24, 1953

125 (of the 250) seats in the House of Councillors
126 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Shigeru Yoshida	Mosaburō Suzuki	–
Party	Liberal	Leftist Socialist	Ryokufūkai
Seats after	93	40	34
Seat change	17	New	16
Popular vote	6,149,927	3,917,837	3,301,011
Percentage	22.7%	14.3%	12.2%
Swing	6.6%	N/A	0.9%

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Leader	Jōtarō Kawakami	Mamoru Shigemitsu
Party	Rightist Socialist	Kaishintō
Seats after	26	15
Seat change	New	New
Popular vote	1,740,423	1,630,507
Percentage	6.4%	6.0%
Swing	New	N/A

President of the House of Councillors before election

Naotake Satō
Ryokufūkai

President of the House of Councillors-designate

Yahachi Kawai
Ryokufūkai

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House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 24 April 1953,^[1] electing half the seats in the House. The Yoshida faction of the Liberal Party won the most seats.

Results

Party	Constituency			National			Total seats
Party	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
Liberal Party	8,803,131	31.4	30	6,149,927	22.7	16	46
Leftist Socialist Party of Japan	3,917,837	14.0	10	3,858,552	14.3	8	18
Rightist Socialist Party of Japan	2,952,803	10.5	7	1,740,423	6.4	3	10
Kaishintō	2,840,345	10.1	5	1,630,507	6.0	3	8
Ryokufūkai	2,096,103	7.5	8	3,301,011	12.2	8	16
Liberal Party–Hatoyama	522,540	1.9	0	110,889	0.4	0	0
Labourers and Farmers Party	277,422	1.0	0	112,535	0.4	0	0
Japanese Communist Party	264,729	0.9	0	293,877	1.1	0	0
Other parties	322,674	1.2	1	332,898	1.2	0	1
Independents	6,013,363	21.5	14	9,504,220	35.2	15	29
Invalid/blank votes		-	-		-	-	-
Total	28,010,967	100	75	27,034,839	100	53	128
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

References

↑ Table 13: Persons Elected and Votes Polled by Political Parties - Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947–2004) Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

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