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][2] Voter turnout was 76.4%.
^Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p381 ISBN0-19-924959-8
^Dull, Paul S. (1953). "The Japanese General Election of 1952". American Political Science Review. 47 (1): 199–204. doi:10.2307/1950965. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1950965. S2CID 145260954.
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1952, japanese, general, election, general, elections, were, held, japan, october, 1952, result, victory, liberal, party, which, seats, voter, turnout, 1949, october, 1952, 1953, seats, house, representatives234, seats, needed, majorityturnout76, 39pp, first, . 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 2 Voter turnout was 76 4 1952 Japanese general election 1949 1 October 1952 1953 All 466 seats in the House of Representatives234 seats needed for a majorityTurnout76 43 2 39pp First party Second party Third party Leader Shigeru Yoshida Mamoru Shigemitsu Jōtarō KawakamiParty Liberal Kaishintō Right SocialistLast election Seats won 240 89 57Seat change New New NewPopular vote 16 938 221 6 429 450 4 108 274Percentage 47 93 18 19 11 63 Swing New New New Fourth party Fifth party Leader Mosaburō Suzuki Hisao KurodaParty Left Socialist Labourers and FarmersLast election 1 98 7 seatsSeats won 54 4Seat change New 3Popular vote 3 398 597 261 190Percentage 9 62 0 74 Swing New 1 24ppPrime Minister before electionShigeru YoshidaLiberal Prime Minister after election Shigeru YoshidaLiberalResults EditPartyVotes Seats Liberal Party16 938 22147 93240NewKaishintō6 429 45018 1985NewRight Socialist Party of Japan4 108 27411 6357NewLeft Socialist Party of Japan3 398 5979 6254NewJapanese Communist Party896 7652 540 35Labourers and Farmers Party261 1900 744 3Other parties949 0362 697 Independents2 355 1726 6619 7Total35 336 705100 004660Valid votes35 336 70598 85Invalid blank votes412 3491 15Total votes35 749 054100 00Registered voters turnout46 772 58476 43Source Oscarsson MasumiBy prefecture Edit Prefecture Totalseats Seats wonLP Kaishintō RSPJ LSPJ LFP Others Ind Aichi 19 9 4 1 4 1Akita 8 4 2 2Aomori 7 4 3Chiba 13 8 3 1 1Ehime 9 6 1 1 1Fukui 4 4Fukuoka 19 6 3 4 4 1 1Fukushima 12 7 2 2 1Gifu 9 4 2 2 1Gunma 10 2 4 2 1 1Hiroshima 12 8 3 1Hokkaido 22 9 4 7 2Hyōgo 18 8 5 3 1 1Ibaraki 12 7 3 1 1Ishikawa 6 3 2 1Iwate 8 6 1 1Kagawa 6 4 1 1Kagoshima 10 7 1 1 1Kanagawa 13 6 2 4 1Kōchi 5 4 1Kumamoto 10 4 3 1 1 1Kyoto 10 4 2 1 2 1Mie 9 3 5 1Miyagi 9 4 3 1 1Miyazaki 6 4 1 1Nagano 13 8 2 2 1Nagasaki 9 5 2 1 1Nara 5 3 1 1Niigata 15 8 3 2 2Ōita 7 2 2 1 2Okayama 10 7 1 1 1Osaka 19 9 2 6 2Saga 5 2 1 2Saitama 13 10 2 1Shiga 5 2 1 2Shimane 5 2 1 1 1Shizuoka 14 10 1 3Tochigi 10 5 3 1 1Tokushima 5 1 3 1Tokyo 27 11 2 9 5Tottori 4 2 1 1Toyama 6 3 3Wakayama 6 1 2 2 1Yamagata 8 6 2Yamaguchi 9 6 2 1Yamanashi 5 2 1 1 1Total 466 240 85 57 54 4 7 19References Edit Dieter Nohlen Florian Grotz amp Christof Hartmann 2001 Elections in Asia A data handbook Volume II p381 ISBN 0 19 924959 8 Dull Paul S 1953 The Japanese General Election of 1952 American Political Science Review 47 1 199 204 doi 10 2307 1950965 ISSN 0003 0554 JSTOR 1950965 S2CID 145260954 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1952 Japanese general election amp oldid 1161748742, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
