# 1953 Japanese general election

General elections were held in Japan on 19 April 1953. The result saw the ruling Liberal Party win 199 of the 466 seats. Voter turnout was 74.2%.

## Results

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| | Liberal Party | 13,476,428 | 38.95 | 199 | –41 |
| | Kaishintō | 6,186,232 | 17.88 | 76 | –13 |
| | Rightist Socialist Party of Japan | 4,677,833 | 13.52 | 66 | +9 |
| | Leftist Socialist Party of Japan | 4,516,715 | 13.05 | 72 | +18 |
| | Liberal Party–Hatoyama | 3,054,688 | 8.83 | 35 | New |
| | Japanese Communist Party | 655,990 | 1.90 | 1 | +1 |
| | Labourers and Farmers Party | 358,773 | 1.04 | 5 | +1 |
| | Other parties | 152,050 | 0.44 | 1 | +2 |
| | Independents | 1,523,736 | 4.40 | 11 | –8 |
| Total | Total | 34,602,445 | 100.00 | 466 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 34,602,445 | 99.02 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 342,675 | 0.98 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 34,945,120 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 47,090,167 | 74.21 | | |
| Source: Oscarsson, Masumi ||||||

### By prefecture

| Prefecture | Total seats | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won | Seats won |
| Prefecture | Total seats | LP | Kaishintō | LSPJ | RSPJ | LP–H | LFP | JCP | Others | Ind. |
| Aichi | 19 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
| Akita | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| Aomori | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Chiba | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | | | | |
| Ehime | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| Fukui | 4 | 3 | | 1 | | | | | | |
| Fukuoka | 19 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| Fukushima | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| Gifu | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | | | 2 |
| Gunma | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | 2 |
| Hiroshima | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| Hokkaido | 22 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | |
| Hyōgo | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| Ibaraki | 12 | 8 | 3 | | | | | | | 1 |
| Ishikawa | 6 | 3 | 1 | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| Iwate | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| Kagawa | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 2 | | | | |
| Kagoshima | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| Kanagawa | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| Kōchi | 5 | 4 | | | 1 | | | | | |
| Kumamoto | 10 | 4 | 4 | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| Kyoto | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| Mie | 9 | 2 | 4 | | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| Miyagi | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | 1 | |
| Miyazaki | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| Nagano | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| Nagasaki | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| Nara | 5 | 3 | | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| Niigata | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | | | 1 |
| Ōita | 7 | 4 | 2 | | 1 | | | | | |
| Okayama | 10 | 6 | | 2 | | | 2 | | | |
| Osaka | 19 | 9 | | 3 | 5 | 1 | | 1 | | |
| Saga | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Saitama | 13 | 7 | | | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| Shiga | 5 | | 2 | | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| Shimane | 5 | 2 | 1 | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| Shizuoka | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Tochigi | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| Tokushima | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Tokyo | 27 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | | | | |
| Tottori | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Toyama | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Wakayama | 6 | 3 | | 2 | | 1 | | | | |
| Yamagata | 8 | 4 | | 2 | | 2 | | | | |
| Yamaguchi | 9 | 4 | | 2 | 2 | | | | | 1 |
| Yamanashi | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| Total | 466 | 199 | 76 | 72 | 66 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 |