Kaishintō
改進党
Founded8 February 1952
Dissolved24 November 1954
Merger ofNational Democratic Party, Shinsei Club and Farmers Cooperative Party
Merged intoJapan Democratic Party
HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
IdeologyLiberalism
Agrarianism
Political positionCentre-right

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
 Decrease 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

  1. 1 2 Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, pp595–596

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