Party

Minshutō

Japan

Party Active

Minshutō

Abbreviation: DP
Founded: Nov 16, 1945
Official · und: Minshutō

Profiles and linksNo official profile link is published.

Social linksNo social profile link is published.

Power-role history

Coalition

Feb 11, 1949 — Aug 28, 1952

Governing

Feb 21, 1948 — Oct 15, 1948

Coalition

May 23, 1947 — Feb 21, 1948

Coalition

May 22, 1946 — Apr 25, 1947

Party lineage

Merged

PredecessorMinshutō
SuccessorKokumin Minshu-tō

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May 7, 2018

Split

PredecessorMinshutō
SuccessorRikken Minshutō

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Oct 3, 2017

Merged

PredecessorMinshutō
SuccessorNihon Minshutō

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Nov 24, 1954

Split

PredecessorMinshutō
SuccessorKyoudoutou

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Jul 1, 1952

Renamed

SubjectMinshutō

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Feb 8, 1952

Renamed

SubjectMinshutō

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Apr 1, 1950

Merged

PredecessorKokumin Kyôdô Tô
SuccessorMinshutō

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Apr 1, 1950

Split

PredecessorMinshutō
SuccessorNihon Jiyūtō

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Mar 1, 1948

Split

PredecessorNihon Jiyūtō
SuccessorMinshutō

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Mar 1, 1947

Renamed

SubjectMinshutō

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Mar 1, 1947

Renamed

SubjectMinshutō

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Nov 16, 1945

Party Facts reference profile

Historical Party Facts reference: vote or seat share in a national election. It is not a poll, a certified result, necessarily the latest election, or a current value.

No Party Facts reference profile is published for this party.

Ideology · Political spectrum

Conservative

Source classification · Confidence: 80.0%

Party leadership

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Party significance

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Candidacy

Japan — Parliamentary election — 1953-04-19

RefP · Party

Completed · Apr 19, 1953

Affiliated party: Minshutō

Japan — Parliamentary election — 1952-10-01

RefP · Party

Completed · Oct 1, 1952

Affiliated party: Minshutō

Japan — Parliamentary election — 1949-01-23

Progressive Party · Party

Completed · Jan 23, 1949

Affiliated party: Minshutō

Japan — Parliamentary election — 1947-04-25

DP · Party

Completed · Apr 25, 1947

Affiliated party: Minshutō

Japan — Parliamentary election — 1946-04-10

JPP · Party

Completed · Apr 10, 1946

Affiliated party: Minshutō

Independent media clusters

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Polls

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Forecasts

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Top issues

Stale

The available record is stale; no current value is published.

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Prediction components

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Media profile

Approval · Favorability · Negativity

Unavailable due to licence

The registered licence does not permit republication of this section.

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Media profile

Unavailable due to licence

The registered licence does not permit republication of this section.

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Strengths · Weaknesses · Attacks · Controversies

Unavailable due to licence

The registered licence does not permit republication of this section.

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Campaign signals

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Electoral history

Japan — Parliamentary election — 1946-04-10 · JPP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 11,232,610
Seats: 110
Original value: 20.30
Published precision: 2

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Japan — Parliamentary election — 1947-04-25 · DP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 6,960,270
Seats: 124
Original value: 25.40
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Japan — Parliamentary election — 1949-01-23 · Progressive Party

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 4,798,352
Seats: 69
Original value: 15.70
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Japan — Parliamentary election — 1952-10-01 · RefP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 6,421,094
Seats: 85
Original value: 18.20
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Japan — Parliamentary election — 1953-04-19 · RefP

Round 1 · Aug 15, 2024 · Preliminary

Votes: 6,186,232
Seats: 76
Original value: 17.90
Published precision: 2

Dataset hash: 7b22b75389bf1b443f284a24ffef158e04461304d445876f61ce5be9bfcbcb7e

Sources

1WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
2Wikimedia CommonsPER-FILE · Aug 9, 2026
3Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026