1953 Japanese House of Councillors election|
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First party
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Second party
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Third party
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| Leader
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Shigeru Yoshida
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Mosaburō Suzuki
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| Party
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Liberal
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Left Socialist
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Ryokufūkai
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| Seats after
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93
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40
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34
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| Seat change
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17
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New
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16
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| Popular vote
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6,149,927
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3,917,837
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3,301,011
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| Percentage
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22.7%
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14.3%
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12.2%
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| Swing
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6.6%
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N/A
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0.9%
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Fourth party
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Fifth party
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| Leader
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Jōtarō Kawakami
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Mamoru Shigemitsu
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| Party
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Right Socialist
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Kaishintō
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| Seats after
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26
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15
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| Seat change
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New
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New
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| Popular vote
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1,740,423
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1,630,507
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| Percentage
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6.4%
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6.0%
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| Swing
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New
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N/A
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House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 24 April 1953,[1] electing half the seats in the House. The Yoshida faction of the Liberal Party won the most seats.
Results
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| Party | National | Constituency | Seats |
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Not up | Won | Total
after | +/– |
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| Liberal Party | 6,149,927 | 22.75 | 16 | 8,803,131 | 31.43 | 30 | 47 | 46 | 93 | +17 |
| Left Socialist Party of Japan | 3,858,552 | 14.27 | 8 | 3,917,837 | 13.99 | 10 | 22 | 18 | 40 | New |
| Ryokufūkai | 3,301,011 | 12.21 | 8 | 2,096,103 | 7.48 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 34 | –16 |
| Right Socialist Party of Japan | 1,740,423 | 6.44 | 3 | 2,952,803 | 10.54 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 26 | New |
| Kaishintō | 1,630,507 | 6.03 | 3 | 2,840,345 | 10.14 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 15 | New |
| Japanese Communist Party | 293,877 | 1.09 | 0 | 264,729 | 0.95 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –3 |
| Labourers and Farmers Party | 112,535 | 0.42 | 0 | 277,442 | 0.99 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | –3 |
| Liberal Party–Hatoyama | 110,889 | 0.41 | 0 | 522,540 | 1.87 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | New |
| Other parties | 332,898 | 1.23 | 0 | 322,674 | 1.15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | –2 |
| Independents | 9,504,220 | 35.16 | 15 | 6,013,363 | 21.47 | 14 | 7 | 29 | 36 | +14 |
| Total | 27,034,839 | 100.00 | 53 | 28,010,967 | 100.00 | 75 | 122 | 128 | 250 | 0 |
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| Valid votes | 27,034,839 | 90.97 | | 28,010,967 | 94.25 | | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 2,682,584 | 9.03 | | 1,707,952 | 5.75 | | |
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| Total votes | 29,717,423 | 100.00 | | 29,718,919 | 100.00 | | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 47,036,554 | 63.18 | | 47,036,554 | 63.18 | | |
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| Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications,[1][2] National Diet |
By constituency
Aftermath
In the national constituency, a polling station in Sano, Tochigi accidentally had Japan Socialist Party candidate Takeshi Hirabayashi labelled as belonging to the Japanese Communist Party. As a result, the results in Sano were invalidated through an appeal decision of the Supreme Court on 24 September 1954. A re-vote was held on 17 October 1954 with proper labels, and Hirabayashi narrowly won a spot in the lower ranks of the national constituency results.[3]
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