1953 Japanese House of Councillors election

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.

1953 Japanese House of Councillors election

← 1950 24 April 1953 1956 →

128 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 Left Socialist Ryokufūkai
Seats after 93 40 34
Seat change Increase17 New Decrease16
Popular vote 6,149,927 3,917,837 3,301,011
Percentage 22.7% 14.3% 12.2%
Swing Decrease6.6% N/A Decrease0.9%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Jōtarō Kawakami Mamoru Shigemitsu
Party Right 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

Results

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PartyNationalConstituencySeats
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsNot upWonTotal
after
+/–
Liberal Party6,149,92722.75168,803,13131.4330474693+17
Left Socialist Party of Japan3,858,55214.2783,917,83713.9910221840New
Ryokufūkai3,301,01112.2182,096,1037.488181634–16
Right Socialist Party of Japan1,740,4236.4432,952,80310.547161026New
Kaishintō1,630,5076.0332,840,34510.1457815New
Japanese Communist Party293,8771.090264,7290.950101–3
Labourers and Farmers Party112,5350.420277,4420.990202–3
Liberal Party–Hatoyama110,8890.410522,5401.870202New
Other parties332,8981.230322,6741.151011–2
Independents9,504,22035.16156,013,36321.471472936+14
Total27,034,839100.005328,010,967100.00751221282500
Valid votes27,034,83990.9728,010,96794.25
Invalid/blank votes2,682,5849.031,707,9525.75
Total votes29,717,423100.0029,718,919100.00
Registered voters/turnout47,036,55463.1847,036,55463.18
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,[1][2] National Diet

By constituency

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

Aftermath

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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.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Table 13: Persons Elected and Votes Polled by Political Parties - Ordinary Elections for the House of Councillors (1947–2004) Archived 2011-03-23 at the Wayback Machine Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
  2. ^ "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)". Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Archived from the original on 2006-01-04.
  3. ^ 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。