Japanese general election, 1952

Japanese general election, 1952
Japan
1 October 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 % Seats +/-
Liberal Party16,956,13448.0242New
Reform Party6,630,07018.889New
Rightist Socialist Party of Japan4,537,70312.860New
Leftist Socialist Party of Japan3,464,0429.856New
Japanese Communist Party896,7652.50-35
Other parties602,6471.74-18
Independents2,249,9996.415+7
Invalid/blank votes412,349---
Total35,749,7091004660
Source: Nohlen et al.[1]
Vote share
LP
 
47.98%
RP
 
18.76%
RJSP
 
12.84%
LJSP
 
9.80%
JCP
 
2.54%
Independents
 
6.37%
Others
 
1.71%
Parliament seats
LP
 
51.93%
RP
 
19.10%
RJSP
 
12.88%
LJSP
 
12.02%
Independents
 
3.22%
Others
 
0.86%

References

  1. 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