1953 Japanese general election

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

1953 Japanese general election

19 April 1953
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