Japanese general election, 1952
Japanese general election, 1952
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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] Voter turnout was 76.4%.
Results
Party |
Votes |
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Seats |
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Liberal Party | 16,956,134 | 48.0 | 242 | New |
Reform Party | 6,630,070 | 18.8 | 89 | New |
Rightist Socialist Party of Japan | 4,537,703 | 12.8 | 60 | New |
Leftist Socialist Party of Japan | 3,464,042 | 9.8 | 56 | New |
Japanese Communist Party | 896,765 | 2.5 | 0 | -35 |
Other parties | 602,647 | 1.7 | 4 | -18 |
Independents | 2,249,999 | 6.4 | 15 | +7 |
Invalid/blank votes | 412,349 | - | - | - |
Total | 35,749,709 | 100 | 466 | 0 |
Source: Nohlen et al.[1] |
Vote share |
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LP |
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47.98% |
RP |
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18.76% |
RJSP |
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12.84% |
LJSP |
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9.80% |
JCP |
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2.54% |
Independents |
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6.37% |
Others |
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1.71% |
Parliament seats |
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LP |
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51.93% |
RP |
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19.10% |
RJSP |
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12.88% |
LJSP |
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12.02% |
Independents |
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3.22% |
Others |
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0.86% |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p381 ISBN 0-19-924959-8