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Japan 1952 general election

What was the result of the 1952 general election in Japan?

Liberal Party won 240 of 466 seats with 47.9% of the vote. 76.4% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Liberal Party won 240 of 466 seats with 47.9% of the vote; 76.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 2.4 points on 1949.

  • Liberal Party 240 −24 seats 47.9% +4.0 points
  • Democratic Party 85 +16 seats 18.2% +2.5 points
  • Right Socialist Party of Japan 57 11.4%
  • Left Socialist Party of Japan 54 9.9%
  • Japanese Communist Party 0 −35 seats 2.5% −7.3 points
  • Cooperative Party 2 1.1%
  • Labourers and Farmers Party 4 −3 seats 0.7% −1.3 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Japan 1949 general election, party by party.

234 of 466 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 47.9%

    Share of the vote won by Liberal Party

    Liberal Party won 240 of 466 seats. A majority needs 234.

  2. +16 seats

    Seats gained by Democratic Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1949. Japanese Communist Party lost 35 seats.

  3. 76.4%

    Voter turnout

    Up 2.4 points on 1949.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Liberal Party240−2447.9+4.016,937,225
Democratic Party85+1618.2+2.56,421,094
Right Socialist Party of Japan5711.44,103,872
Left Socialist Party of Japan549.93,493,970
Japanese Communist Party0−352.5−7.3896,765
Cooperative Party21.1390,015
Labourers and Farmers Party4−30.7−1.3261,190
Other parties (seats only)240

± is the change against the Japan 1949 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Liberal Party 16,937,225
  • Democratic Party 6,421,094
  • Right Socialist Party of Japan 4,103,872
  • Left Socialist Party of Japan 3,493,970
  • Japanese Communist Party 896,765
  • Cooperative Party 390,015
  • Labourers and Farmers Party 261,190
  • Other parties (seats only)

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

76.4% of the 46,772,584 registered voters cast a ballot (35,749,709 ballots), up 2.4 points on 1949. 35,336,705 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1946.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Liberal Party47.9% of votes51.5% of seats
  • Democratic Party18.2% of votes18.2% of seats
  • Right Socialist Party of Japan11.4% of votes12.2% of seats
  • Left Socialist Party of Japan9.9% of votes11.6% of seats
  • Labourers and Farmers Party0.7% of votes0.9% of seats
  • Cooperative Party1.1% of votes0.4% of seats
  • Japanese Communist Party2.5% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.5 by votes and 3.0 by seats; Liberal Party led Democratic Party by 29.7 points of the vote.

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