1953 Japanese general election

General elections were held in Japan on 19 April 1953.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p363 The result saw the ruling Liberal Party win 199 of the 466 seats. Voter turnout was 74%.

Results

By prefecture PrefectureTotalseatsSeats wonLPKaishintōLSPJRSPJLP–HLFPJCPJPPInd.Aichi198551Akita812122Aomori7421Chiba1343114Ehime95121Fukui431Fukuoka197354Fukushima1262121Gifu931212Gunma103412Hiroshima1271121Hokkaido22846112Hyōgo1893141Ibaraki12831Ishikawa63111Iwate84121Kagawa62112Kagoshima106211Kanagawa1331234Kōchi541Kumamoto104411Kyoto104222Mie92421Miyagi941121Miyazaki63111Nagano137222Nagasaki95211Nara5311Niigata15323331Ōita7421Okayama10622Osaka1993511Saga5311Saitama13742Shiga5221Shimane52111Shizuoka1471321Tochigi1042211Tokushima5221Tokyo2771685Tottori4121Toyama6231Wakayama6321Yamagata8422Yamaguchi94221Yamanashi511111Total4661997672663551111

See also - A nickname of the dissolution of the House that led to the 1953 general election.

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