Japanese House of Councillors election, 1953
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House of Councillors
elections were held in Japan
on 24 April 1953, electing half the seats in the House. The Yoshida faction of the Liberal Party won the most seats.
House of Councillors
The is the upper house of the Diet of Japan. The House of Representatives is the lower house. The House of Councillors is the successor to the pre-war House of Peers. If the two houses disagree on matters of the budget, treaties, or designation of the prime minister, the House of Representatives...
elections were held in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
on 24 April 1953, electing half the seats in the House. The Yoshida faction of the Liberal Party won the most seats.
Results
| Party | Constituency | National | Total seats |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Liberal Party-Yoshida | 8,803,131 | 31.4 | 30 | 6,149,927 | 22.7 | 16 | 46 | |
| Leftist Socialist Party of Japan Leftist Socialist Party of Japan The Leftist Socialist Party of Japan was a Japanese political party that existed between 1948 and 1955. It was a radical socialist political party, which adopted Marxism-Leninism.- History :... |
3,917,837 | 14.0 | 10 | 3,858,552 | 14.3 | 8 | 18 | |
| Rightist Socialist Party of Japan Rightist Socialist Party of Japan The Rightist Socialist Party of Japan was a Japanese political party that existed between 1948 and 1955. It was a center-left political party, which adopted a policy of moderate social-democracy.- History :... |
2,952,803 | 10.5 | 7 | 1,740,423 | 6.4 | 3 | 10 | |
| Reform Party | 2,840,345 | 10.1 | 5 | 1,630,507 | 6.0 | 3 | 8 | |
| Ryokufūkai | 2,096,103 | 7.5 | 8 | 3,301,011 | 12.2 | 8 | 16 | |
| Liberal Party-Hatoyama | 522,540 | 1.9 | 0 | 110,889 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | |
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277,422 | 1.0 | 0 | 112,535 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Japanese Communist Party Japanese Communist Party The Japanese Communist Party is a left-wing political party in Japan.The JCP advocates the establishment of a society based on socialism, democracy and peace, and opposition to militarism... |
264,729 | 0.9 | 0 | 293,877 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other parties | 322,674 | 1.2 | 1 | 332,898 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Independents | 6,013,363 | 21.5 | 14 | 9,504,220 | 35.2 | 15 | 29 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | ||||||||
| Total | 28,010,967 | 100 | 75 | 27,034,839 | 100 | 53 | 128 | |
| Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications The ' or Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is a cabinet-level ministry in the Government of Japan. The English name Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications was used prior to 2004... |
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