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Japan 1953 general election

What was the result of the 1953 general election in Japan?

Liberal Party won 199 of 466 seats with 38.9% of the vote. 74.2% 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 199 of 466 seats with 38.9% of the vote; 74.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.2 points on 1952.

  • Liberal Party 199 −41 seats 38.9% −9.0 points
  • Democratic Party 76 −9 seats 17.9% −0.3 points
  • Right Socialist Party of Japan 66 +9 seats 13.5% +2.1 points
  • Left Socialist Party of Japan 72 +18 seats 13.1% +3.2 points
  • Liberal Party (Hatoyama) 35 8.8%
  • Japanese Communist Party 1 +1 seat 1.9% −0.6 points
  • Labourers and Farmers Party 5 +1 seat 1.0% +0.3 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 1952 general election, party by party.

234 of 466 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 38.9%

    Share of the vote won by Liberal Party

    Liberal Party won 199 of 466 seats. A majority needs 234.

  2. +18 seats

    Seats gained by Left Socialist Party of Japan

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1952. Liberal Party lost 41 seats.

  3. 74.2%

    Voter turnout

    Down 2.2 points on 1952.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Liberal Party199−4138.9−9.013,476,428
Democratic Party76−917.9−0.36,186,232
Right Socialist Party of Japan66+913.5+2.14,677,833
Left Socialist Party of Japan72+1813.1+3.24,516,715
Liberal Party (Hatoyama)358.83,054,688
Japanese Communist Party1+11.9−0.6655,990
Labourers and Farmers Party5+11.0+0.3358,773
Other parties (seats only)12−12

± is the change against the Japan 1952 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Liberal Party 13,476,428
  • Democratic Party 6,186,232
  • Right Socialist Party of Japan 4,677,833
  • Left Socialist Party of Japan 4,516,715
  • Liberal Party (Hatoyama) 3,054,688
  • Japanese Communist Party 655,990
  • Labourers and Farmers Party 358,773
  • 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?

74.2% of the 47,090,167 registered voters cast a ballot (34,946,130 ballots), down 2.2 points on 1952. 34,602,445 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Liberal Party38.9% of votes42.7% of seats
  • Democratic Party17.9% of votes16.3% of seats
  • Left Socialist Party of Japan13.1% of votes15.5% of seats
  • Right Socialist Party of Japan13.5% of votes14.2% of seats
  • Liberal Party (Hatoyama)8.8% of votes7.5% of seats
  • Labourers and Farmers Party1.0% of votes1.1% of seats
  • Japanese Communist Party1.9% of votes0.2% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.4 by votes and 3.9 by seats; Liberal Party led Democratic Party by 21.0 points of the vote.

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