The , officially () was a

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political party in Japan.

History

The party was founded in spring 1947 by merging the Progressive Party (Shinpo-tō) of

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with a faction of Liberal Party led by

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and obtained 124 seats in 1947 elections. The party had held seven seats in

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's government in 1947-1948. For some months in 1948, party's leader Ashida was Prime minister. In March 1948, part of DP members led by

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joined the

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to form the Democratic Liberal Party. In 1949 elections, the DP got 69 seats. The party was finally merged with the

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History

Election results

General election results

Councillors election results

References

Further reading