The Kaishintō () was a political party in

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History

The party was established on 8 February 1952 as a merger of the National Democratic Party and the

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, together with most of the Farmers Cooperative Party's Diet members.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, pp595–596 In May

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was elected party president. Having started with 69 seats, the party won 85 in the 1952 general elections. However, the

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saw it lose nine seats; it also won eight seats in the

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. In November 1954 it merged with the

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and a group of Diet members from the

to form the

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Election result

House of Representatives

House of Councillors

References

{{Japanese political parties Defunct political parties in Japan Political parties established in 1952 1952 establishments in Japan Political parties disestablished in 1954 1954 disestablishments in Japan