Kaishintō
Political party in Japan
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The Kaishintō (Japanese: 改進党, lit. Reformist Party) was a political party in Japan.
History
The party was established on 8 February 1952 as a merger of the National Democratic Party and the Shinsei Club, together with most of the Farmers Cooperative Party's Diet members.[1] In May Mamoru Shigemitsu was elected party president.[1]
Having started with 69 seats, the party won 85 in the 1952 general elections. However, the 1953 elections saw it lose nine seats; it also won eight seats in the House of Councillors.
In November 1954 it merged with the Liberal Party and a group of Diet members from the Liberal Party to form the Japan Democratic Party.
Election result
House of Representatives
Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1952 | Mamoru Shigemitsu | 6,429,450 | 18.19 | 85 / 466 | new | 2nd | Opposition |
1953 | 6,186,232 | 17.88 | 76 / 466 | 9 | Opposition |
House of Councillors
Election | Leader | Constituency | Party list | Seats | Position | Status | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Won | Total | ||||
1953 | Mamoru Shigemitsu | 2,840,345 | 10.14 | 5 / 75 | 1,630,507 | 6.03 | 3 / 53 | 8 / 128 | 15 / 250 | 5th | Opposition |
References
- ^ a b Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, pp595–596