1952 Japanese general election

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{{Infobox election

| country = Japan

| flag_year = 1870

| type = parliamentary

| previous_election = 1949 Japanese general election

| previous_year = 1949

| election_date = 1 October 1952

| next_election = 1953 Japanese general election

| next_year = 1953

| seats_for_election = All 466 seats in the House of Representatives

| majority_seats = 234

| turnout = 76.43% ({{increase}} 2.39pp)

| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Shigeru Yoshida smiling2.jpg|bSize = 130|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}

| leader1 = Shigeru Yoshida

| party1 = Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)

| last_election1 = Did not exist

| seats1 = 240

| seat_change1 = New

| popular_vote1 = 16,938,221

| percentage1 = 47.93%

| swing1 = New

| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Shigemitsu Mamoru.jpg|bSize = 130|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}

| leader2 = {{nowrap|Mamoru Shigemitsu}}

| party2 = Kaishintō

| last_election2 = Did not exist

| seats2 = 85

| seat_change2 = New

| popular_vote2 = 6,429,450

| percentage2 = 18.19%

| swing2 = New

| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Kawakami Jotaro 1952.JPG|bSize = 130|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}

| leader3 = Jōtarō Kawakami

| party3 = Right Socialist Party of Japan

| last_election3 = Did not exist

| seats3 = 57

| seat_change3 = New

| popular_vote3 = 4,108,274

| percentage3 = 11.63%

| swing3 = New

| image4 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Suzuki Mosaburo.JPG|bSize = 130|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}

| leader4 = Mosaburō Suzuki

| party4 = Left Socialist Party of Japan

| last_election4 = Did not exist

| seats4 = 54

| seat_change4 = New

| popular_vote4 = 3,398,597

| percentage4 = 9.62%

| swing4 = New

| leader5 = Hisao Kuroda

| image5 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Hisao Kuroda 01.jpg|bSize = 130|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}

| party5 = Labourers and Farmers Party

| last_election5 = 1.98%, 7 seats

| percentage5 = 0.74%

| seats5 = 4

| seat_change5 = {{decrease}} 3

| popular_vote5 = 261,190

| swing5 = {{decrease}} 1.24pp

| map_image = 1952 JAPAN GENERAL ELECTION, combined vote share.svg

| map_caption = Districts shaded according to winners' vote strength

| title = Prime Minister

| before_election = Shigeru Yoshida

| before_party = Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)

| after_election = Shigeru Yoshida

| after_party = Liberal Party (Japan, 1950)

}}{{Politics of Japan}}

General elections were held in Japan on 1 October 1952. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 242 of the 466 seats.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p381 {{ISBN|0-19-924959-8}}{{Cite journal|last=Dull|first=Paul S.|date=1953|title=The Japanese General Election of 1952|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0003055400076024/type/journal_article|journal=American Political Science Review|language=en|volume=47|issue=1|pages=199–204|doi=10.2307/1950965|jstor=1950965 |s2cid=145260954 |issn=0003-0554}} Voter turnout was 76.4%.