Democratic Liberal Party (Japan)
{{Distinguish||Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)}}
{{Infobox political party
| name = Democratic Liberal Party
| native_name = {{nobold|{{Nihongo2|民主自由党}}
{{transliteration|ja|Minshu-jiyūtō}}}}
| leader = Shigeru Yoshida
| colorcode = {{party color|Democratic Liberal Party (Japan)}}
| founded = 15 March 1948{{cite book |last=Uno |first=Shun'ichi |author-link=:ja:宇野俊一 |year=1991 |title=Nihon zenshi = Japan chronik |language=ja |location=Tokyo |page=1094 |publisher=Kodansha Ltd. |isbn=4-06-203994-X}}
| dissolved = 1 March 1950{{sfn|Uno|1991|p=1098}}
| merger = Liberal Party
Minshu Club
| merged = Liberal Party
| headquarters = Tokyo
| ideology = Conservatism{{cite web |last=Yoshida |first=Kenji |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%B0%91%E4%B8%BB%E8%87%AA%E7%94%B1%E5%85%9A-640612#E6.97.A5.E6.9C.AC.E5.A4.A7.E7.99.BE.E7.A7.91.E5.85.A8.E6.9B.B8.28.E3.83.8B.E3.83.83.E3.83.9D.E3.83.8B.E3.82.AB.29 |title=Minshu-jiyūtō towa |script-title=ja:民主自由党(ミンシュジユウトウ)とは |trans-title=What is the Democratic Liberal Party? |access-date=June 12, 2020 |website=kotobank.jp |publisher=The Asahi Shimbun Company |language=ja}}
| position =
| country = Japan
}}{{Politics of Japan}}
The {{Nihongo|Democratic Liberal Party|民主自由党|Minshu-jiyūtō}} was a political party in Japan.
History
The party was established in March 1948 as a merger of the Liberal Party, Dōshi Club and a faction of the Democratic Party led by Saitō Takao.{{sfn|Fukui|1985|pp=481–482}} United by their opposition to the coal nationalisation law, the new party had 152 MPs and 46 members of the House of Councillors.{{sfn|Fukui|1985|pp=481–482}}
As a result of the DLP's attempts to block Yamazaki Takeshi from forming a new government after Hitoshi Ashida resigned as Prime Minister, the party's Shigeru Yoshida became Prime Minister in October 1948 and early elections were called in January 1949.{{sfn|Fukui|1985|pp=481–482}} The DLP won a landslide victory, taking 269 of the 466 seats, the first time a party had held a majority of seats since World War II.{{sfn|Fukui|1985|pp=481–482}} Shigeru Yoshida continued as Prime Minister.
In March 1950 the party merged with the Alliance faction of the Democratic Party to form the new Liberal Party.{{sfn|Fukui|1985|p=568}}
Leader
| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
! # !Name !Portrait !From !To |
| 1
|60px |15 March 1948 |1 March 1950 |
Election results
=House of Representatives=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Election ! Leader ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! Position ! Status |
| 1949
| 13,420,269 | 43.87 | {{Composition bar|264|466|hex={{party color|Democratic Liberal Party (Japan)}}}} | 1st | {{Yes2|Government}} |
References
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= Works cited =
{{refbegin}}
- {{cite book |last=Fukui |first=Haruhiro |date=1985 |title=The Greenwood Historical Encyclopedia of the World's Political Parties |volume=II: Political parties of Asia and the Pacific |publisher=Greenwood Press}}
{{refend}}
{{Japanese political parties}}
Category:Defunct political parties in Japan
Category:Political parties established in 1948
Category:1948 establishments in Japan